| Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1.
and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages
will be prepared in manuscript. |
WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| Unit: 63 (Oxf Yeo) A tk Regt RA | ||
| Month and Year: April 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J. Thomson, RA |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOLKESTONE | 9 | Advance party left FOLKESTONE for Southend Area. | ||
| 11 | 17 Gunners posted from Regt to Depot RA., WOOLWICH. | |||
| 12 | Regiment (less 252 Bty) moved from FOLKESTONE to EASTWOOD, Nr LEIGH-ON-SEA, Essex. RHQ Office established at 20, The Fairway, EASTWOOD. 252 Bty remain in present location at WOOTTON. | See Appendix 'Z' (not fwded to Records). | ||
| EASTWOOD | 14 | Rear party arrived at EASTWOOD from FOLKESTONE. | ||
| 21 | 252 Bty moved from WOOTTON to Bramford Hall, Nr IPSWICH. | |||
| 21 | Advance party , RHQ, 249, 250 and 251 Btys left EASTWOOD for TILBURY area. | |||
| 23 | RHQ, 249, 250 and 251 Btys moved from EASTWOOD to TILBURY area. A maintenance party was left behind at EASTWOOD to look after Guns and tracked vehicles. | |||
| TILBURY | 26 | Lieutenant-General Sir Kenneth A.N. Anderson, KCB, MC, Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, visited the Area. | ||
| 1-30 | Lt-Col. J. Thomson, R.A. awarded Territorial Efficiency Decoration. |
Source: Guido Siebers, transcribing: Jeroen Koppes.
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.
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