143rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. War Diary September 1941
1 September 1941 GEITHALS, Iceland.
Nothing of importance to report. Fine, rain later.
2 September 1941
Nothing of importance to report. Early rain, fine later.
3 September 1941
Nothing of importance to report. Fine.
4 September 1941
Nothing of importance to report. Early rain, fine later.
5 September 1941
Royal Artillery Iceland Exercise No. 8 08:30 hours – 16:15 hours. Wet early, fine later.
6 September 1941
Nothing of importance to report. Very windy but fine. Letter from Signals Officer to C.O. attached ( as Appendix A to the War Diary – has not survived in the file).
7 September 1941
Nothing of importance to report. Windy with showers, cold.
8 September 1941
Nothing of importance to report. No. 952496 Signalman Hewson V E received gunshot wound. Wet.
9 September 1941
Nothing of importance to report. Cold and wet.
10 September 1941
Clock code shooting with 70th Infantry Brigade Kleifervatn. 50 rounds expended. Very fine.
11 September 1941
Nothing of importance to report.
12 September 1941
Clock code shooting with 70th Infantry Brigade Kleifervatn. 49 rounds expended. Windy.
13 September 1941
Wet earlier but cleared in evening.
14 September 1941
RHQ moved from GEITHALS to BUNKERS HILL. Fine.
15 September 1941
Nothing of importance. Fine.
16 September 1941
Nothing of importance. Wet.
17 September 1941 BUNKERS HILL.
Force Intelligence Exercise No. 9 all day. Very wet.
18 September 1941
Night Operations Royal Artillery cancelled 23:05 hours. Very wet.
19 September 1941
Nothing of importance. American plane made forced landing at Borganes. Very wet.
20 September 1941
Nothing of importance. Still wet. 4 Quads stuck at Pingvellir trying to help an Infantry truck.
21 September 1941
Nothing of importance. Very wet.
22 September 1941
Nothing of importance. Very wet and windy.
23 September 1941
Nothing of importance. Force Scheme No. 10 postponed due to bad weather.
24 September 1941
Nothing of importance. Force Scheme No. 10 postponed due to bad weather. Still raining.
25 September 1941
Force Scheme postponed till next week. Rain has continued to fall and rivers are becoming very full and roads very bad.
26 September 1941
Nothing of importance. Still raining.
27 September 1941
Nothing of importance. Humber car stuck at Pingvellir where four Quads are still stuck from 20/9. Conditions very bad and roads very difficult.
28 September 1941
Nothing of importance. Still raining.
29 September 1941
Nothing of importance. First snow on Esja appeared. Intermittent rain.
30 September 1941
Humber car recovered from Pingvellir area. Still raining.
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