WO 171/1147 - 90 HAA Regiment - January 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: 90 HAA Regiment RA.
Month and Year: January 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. A.J.W. Haxworth, OBE

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
COLCHESTER	1		Regt changes to Modified system of Field Documentation
	1	1700	285 Bty arrive at WANSFORD from LARKHILL.
	4	1400	RHQ. 272 and 284 Btys and 90 REME Wksps relieved by 105 HAA Regt RA and return to WANSFORD by road.	90 HAA Regt 00 No. 1. Copy Nos. 16 & 17.
	4	2100	Regt established in WANSFORD camp.
WANSFORD	7	0900	Regt departs WANSFORD camp for move by road to No. 3. Practice Camp, REDESDALE.	90 HAA Regt OO No. 2. Copy Nos. 19 & 20.
REDESDALE	9	1400	Regt arrives at REDESDALE after staging night 7/8 Jan 44 at DONCASTER and night 8/9 Jan 44 at CATTERICK.
	10-15		Grd Shooting Practice carried out.
	16		Regt departs REDESDALE for move by road to WANSFORD.
WANSFORD	17	1600	Move to WANSFORD completed after staging night 16/17 Jan 44 at DONCASTER.
	19	1700	Regt departs WANSFORD to proceed on Ex “Shrimp”.
	27		Ex “Shrimp” completed.
	28		Regt moves by road to HUNSTANTON area for Ex “Hunstanton”.	90 HAA Regt 00 No. 3. Copy Nos. 24 & 25.
RINGSTEAD	30	1600	Regt departs HUNSTANTON area and arrives in RINGSTEAD area to bivouac and carry out A/Tk shooting practice.
	31		Average strength: 40 Offrs. 870 ORs.

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Source: Robert Clark, Researching WW2, 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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