| Place |
Date |
Hour |
|
Summary of Events and Information |
| Schornecliffe |
3 |
|
|
Left section X Tp MG practice at Shornecliffe
ranges |
| Castle Hill |
4 |
0900 |
|
D Tp 54 Bty rifle ranges, Castle Hill 041633 |
| Wateringbury |
5 |
|
|
D Tp survey of miniature SRg base |
| Schornecliffe |
5 |
|
|
) X tp 53 Bty ranges at Schornecliffe |
| |
6 |
|
|
) |
| Wateringbury |
6 |
|
|
Survey of miniature base complete |
| Castle Hill |
7 |
0900 |
|
Y tp and 54 BHQ ranges |
| 041633 |
|
|
|
|
| Larkhill |
3-7 |
|
|
Ex Excelsior - Larkhill |
| Shoreham |
10 |
|
|
D Tp rifle and Bren practice, 200x ,
Shoreham ranges |
| Maidstone |
13 |
0900 |
|
|
| Mote Park |
|
1300 |
|
Y Troop 15cwts through landing craft area |
| Selmestone |
14 |
|
|
D tp moved to Selmeston Court 946258 - wiring of
base commenced M1 953236 |
| 946258 |
|
|
|
M2 952219 M3 944209 M3 944209 M4 931199 M5 919192
APs were dug in and |
| |
|
|
|
established on radio at AP1 941 229 and AP2 912
218 |
| |
|
|
|
HQ was established at Frog Firle 952209 |
| |
15 |
|
|
APs wired, survey of base commenced |
| |
16 |
|
|
Survey completed - coordinates M1 595924.4
123419.6 |
| Lydd Camp |
|
|
|
M2 595175.8 121851.2 |
| Kent |
16 |
|
|
Z Tp moved to Lydd Camp, M3 594434.3 120892.5 |
| |
|
|
|
Kent for 155mm Gun Trials, M4 593122.7 119774.7 |
| |
|
|
|
under Comd 21 Army Gp M5 591853.3 119148.6 |
| |
17 |
|
|
Z Tp commences fall-of-shot obsrvations and
plotting for calibration of |
| |
|
|
|
155mm Gun. |
| Selmestone |
18 |
|
|
D tp, base occupied, locations obtained in area
Lewes Race Course |
| |
|
|
|
Guns in action in area of base. Troop deployed on
rafio link M3 wired. |
| |
|
|
|
Beddingham Base M1 853246 |
| |
|
|
|
M2 864246 AP1 892232 |
| |
|
|
|
M3 876266 HQ 881269 |
| |
|
|
|
M4 891275 AP2 904248 |
| |
|
|
|
M5 905280 |
| |
|
|
|
M6 920285 |
| Teston |
18 |
|
|
Corps Security Lecture at 53 Obs Bty RA |
| |
|
|
|
Personnel Selection tests 53 Obs Bty RA |
| |
19 |
|
|
Tests continued 53 Obs Bty RA |
| Beddingham |
|
0920 |
|
Base occupied |
| |
|
1440 |
|
Second base occupied, Stone Cross base. M3 wired |
| Stone Cross Base |
|
|
|
M1 920 314 |
| |
|
|
|
M2 936 317 AP1 933 285 |
| |
|
|
|
M3 954 320 HQ 954 317 |
| |
|
|
|
M4 971 315 AP2 983 283 |
| |
|
|
|
M5 990 310 |
| |
|
|
|
M6 004 302 |
| |
20 |
0940 |
|
Base occupied |
| |
|
1220 |
|
moved to Polhill Farm |
| Polhill Farm |
|
|
|
base M1 924 281 |
| |
|
|
|
M2 936 276 AP1 921 248 |
| |
|
|
|
M3 950 270 HQ 967 259 |
| |
|
|
|
M4 wired 966 262 AP2 968 234 |
| |
|
|
|
M5 984 256 |
| |
|
|
|
M6 999 248 |
| Ramsgate |
|
|
|
A tp 53 Bty RA deployed base Ramsgate- Sandwich
for calibration shoot 59 |
| |
|
|
|
Div RA |
| Frog Firle |
21 |
|
|
Wired base occupied. Operated on radio link. M6
surveyed in during day |
| 9520 |
|
|
|
|
| Wouldham |
22 |
|
|
Z Tp observatins and plotting completed PIAT
Firing practice in Wouldham Ranges |
| Frog Firle |
|
|
|
High wind made SRg impossible - base and
equipment maintained and M6 wired |
| |
23 |
|
|
SRg base occupied |
| |
24 |
|
|
SRg base occupied |
| |
25 |
|
|
SRg base occupied - locations checked by visit to
gun positions. In spite |
| |
|
|
|
of gale meteor brought locations on to target |
| |
26 |
|
|
Base occupied |
| Frog Firle |
27 |
|
|
Base packed up |
| Wateringbury |
27 |
1000- |
|
|
| |
|
1630 |
|
CCRAs adm inspection of Regt |
| Ramsgate |
|
|
|
A tp 53 Bty RA : meteor conditions throughout the
period 20-27 made shoot |
| |
|
|
|
impossible |
| Lydd Camp |
28 |
|
|
Z tp obsns and plotting completed: trials ended |
| Teston |
|
|
|
Senior Chaplain 12 Corps Talk to 53 Obs Bty RA on
N African campaign |
| Selmeston |
|
|
|
D tp returned to Wateringbury and wired miniature
base |
| Wateringbury |
|
|
|
C tp 53 Bty RA arrived Selmeston and took over
from D tp for a fortnight's |
| |
|
|
|
training |
| |
29 |
|
|
D tp trial shoot on miniature base |
| Lydd Camp |
|
|
|
Z tp; base wire reeled in and Ops dismantled |
| |
30 |
|
|
Trials dispersed; ranging section returned to
billets |
| Wateringbury |
31 |
|
|
Visit by Corps Commander: |
| |
|
|
|
Demonstration shoot on SRg miniature base D tp |
| |
|
|
|
Survey Demonstrated Y tp |
| |
|
|
|
Navigation through smoke demonstration X tp |