143rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. War Diary December 1942
1 December 1942 LLANGATTOCK.
Nothing of importance.
2 December 1942
Major HAMILTON attached to 52 Division as Umpire for Winter Warfare Exercise.
3 December 1942
Major Weston assumes command. Nothing of importance.
4 December 1942
Nothing of importance. Lt A D M Cox joined from 96 Field Regiment.
5 December 1942
1 Belgian Battery hold “Fete Sportive”.
6 December 1942
Nothing of importance.
7 December 1942
Nothing of importance.
8 December 1942
Draft of 41 arrived from 9 Field Training Regiment.
9 December 1942
C.O. returned from Course at Larkhill.
10 December 1942
Royal Artillery Band visited. Regimental Dance at Abergavenny.
11 December 1942
Nothing of importance.
12 December 1942
4 Officers from OCTU joined – 2/Lts Baldwin, Dowding, Rose and Phillips.
13 December 1942
Nothing of importance.
14 December 1942
Nothing of importance. Royal Artillery Band at Guest Night.
15 December 1942
Major Browne left Regiment for Staff College. C.O. on leave.
16 December 1942
Nothing of importance.
17 December 1942
Divisional TEWT. 2/Lt Baldwin posted away to 76 Medium Regiment.
18 December 1942
Wireless inspection van arrived for Bi-annual inspection.
19 December 1942
Regimental Rugger match at Pontypridd cancelled by rain.
20 December 1942
Nothing of importance.
21 December 1942
New Regiment formed within Divisional Artillery by taking 1 Battery from 69th Field Regiment and 1 Battery from 143rd Field Regiment. Drew from hat and 386 Battery to leave Regiment and 274 from 69th. New Regiment to be 185th.
22 December 1942
Nothing of importance.
23 December 1942
386 Battery left Regiment to go to Penclawdd to join 185th Field Regiment – Officers leaving were Major Bailey, Captain Berry, Lts Airy, Brabin, Flynn, 2/Lt Phillips, Driscoll and Orme.
24 December 1942
Nothing of importance.
25 – 27 December 1942
Christian festivities despite a hell of a lot of hard work.
28 December 1942
Preparations for a demonstration for C-in-C at Sennybridge tomorrow.
29 December 1942
Demonstration satisfactory followed by Monkey targets. Draft of 55 from L.I.R. (? London Irish Rifles).
30 December 1942
Sorting out draft – not a very hopeful lot. Further 93 Other Ranks from P.T.Co.
31 December 1942
Draft sorted. Captain Green from PSO assisted. New Medical Officer joined – Lt O’Donovan.
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