War Diaries of D Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
1940
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January 1940 Commanding Officer: |
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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
| Abbassia | 6th | 0900 | All Officers, W.O's and N.C.O's attended an R.A. Demonstration by 18 pdrs and 25 pdrs - 4.5 Hows. | |
| Fayum | 8th | The Battery less "B" Troop, in skeleton, took part in 4th Indian Division exercise lasting five days. | ||
| Abbassia | 15th | Lieut. F.B. Wyldbore Smith was posed to the Battery from "P" Battery | ||
| Abbassia | 22nd | Musketry and Bren Gun firing was carried out. | ||
| Abbassia | 25th | Lt. P.W.G. Pope left the Batteru on appointment to Acting Capting | ||
| Abbassia | 25th | Lieut. F.B. Wyldbore Smith appointed Acting Captain w.e.f . 20th November. 1939 | ||
| Desert | 26th | 0900 | "C" Troop carried out Bofors firing. | |
| Desert | 31st | 0700 | The Battery less "B" Troop took part in 7th Armoured Division Full Scale Exercise as controlled enemy. | |
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F.B. Wyldbore Smith |
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| Major R.H.A | ||||
| Commanding "D Battery R.H.A. | ||||
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February 1940 Commanding Officer: |
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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
| Abbassia | 7th | 0630 | The Battery Advance Party went to Mersa Matruh by rail. | |
| Abbassia | 8th | 0730 | The Battery moved out of Abbassia by road Mersa Matruh and camped at El Alamein. | |
| Matruh | 9th | 1230 | The Battery arrived at Mersa Matruh | |
| " | 11th | B.S.M. Marsh was granted an emergency commission and posted to "P" Battery R.H.A. | ||
| " | 14th | 0700 | The Battery took part in an exercise with the 6th Division lasting four days. | |
| " | 18th | 1800 | B.S.M. Sterry joined the Battery vice Lt. Marsh. | |
| 18th | 1300 | 2/Lt W.L.D. Tanner was placed on the D.I. list with Septicaemia. | ||
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F.B. Wyldbore Smith |
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| Major R.H.A | ||||
| Commanding "D" Battery R.H.A. | ||||
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March 1940 Commanding Officer: |
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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
| Matruh | 4th | 0730 | Major J.A. Akroyd Hunt R.H.A. carried out reconnaissance for the defence of SIWA with 6th Divisional Staff, returning on March 8th. | |
| 7th | Lt. G.E. Anscombe joined the Battery at Mersa Matruh. | |||
| Matruh | 23rd | 0630 | Major J.A. Akroyd Hunt, R.H.A. left the Battery for Cairo to await passage home. | |
| Helmien | 29th | 1330 | 2nd/Lieut, W.T.L. Tanner died in 2/10 General Hospital of Suppurative Pericarditus. | |
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F.B. Wyldbore Smith |
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| Capt | ||||
| Major R.H.A | ||||
| Commanding "D Battery R.H.A. | ||||
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April to December 1940 Missing |
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