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CC Battery, Royal Horse Artillery    CC Battery, Royal Horse Artillery was formed in November 1940 with a core from the remaining men of G and K Batteries, who had been rescued after the fall of France. They saw action in the Middle East, North Africa, Italy and North West Europe. The battery was disbanded in November 1946.   19th Nov 1940 Cadre Posted 20th Nov 1940 Cadre Posted 23rd Nov 1940 Inspection 27th Nov 1940 Reorganisation 28th Nov 1940 New Recruits 2nd Dec 1940 Equipment 5th Dec 1940 Drill 7th Dec 1940 Inspection 8th Dec 1940 Training 10th Dec 1940 Draft Arrives 11th Dec 1940 Football Match 14th Dec 1940 Preparing for Move 15th Dec 1940 Preparing for Move 18th Dec 1940 On the Move 19th Dec 1940 In Billets 21st Dec 1940 Guns Arrive 22nd Dec 1940 Divine Service 25th Dec 1940 Christmas Football 26th Dec 1940 Boxing Day Fun 1st Sep 1941 Billets 2nd Jan 1941 Boxing Day Fun 3rd Sep 1941 Sports 4th Sep 1941 Posting 7th Sep 1941 Course 10th Jan 1941 Inspection 12th Sep 1941 Sucess 13th Jan 1941 Inspection 14th Jan 1941 Snow 14th Sep 1941 Course 16th Sep 1941 Exercise 18th Sep 1941 Exercise 19th Sep 1941 Exercise 23rd Sep 1941 Exercise 25th Jan 1941 Training 27th Jan 1941 Training 2nd Feb 1941 Training 3rd Feb 1941 Hospitalisation 4th Feb 1941 Training 10th Feb 1941 Hospitalisation 14th Feb 1941 Training and Route March 15th Feb 1941 War Weapons Week 19th Feb 1941 Preparing for Move 19th Feb 1941 Route March 22nd Feb 1941 Accident 24th Feb 1941 Preparations for Move 25th Feb 1941 Route March 26th Feb 1941 Burial 28th Feb 1941 On the Move 1st Mar 1941 On the Move 2nd Mar 1941 On the Move 7th Mar 1941 Training 8th Mar 1941 Inspection 10th Mar 1941 Entertainment 12th Mar 1941 Training 15th Mar 1941 Competition 22nd Mar 1941 Training 25th Mar 1941 Signals Excerise 26th Mar 1941 Inspection 27th Mar 1941 Guns Arrive 28th Mar 1941 On Ranges 6th Apr 1941 Training 7th Apr 1941 Course 9th Apr 1941 Divisional Excerise 13th Apr 1941 Training 14th Apr 1941 Football Match 15th Apr 1941 Hospitalisation 18th Apr 1941 Night Exercise 19th Apr 1941 Competition 21st Apr 1941 Competition 22nd Apr 1941 Exercise 24th Apr 1941 Exercise 26th Apr 1941 Competition 29th Apr 1941 Exercise 2nd May 1941 Live Fire 3rd May 1941 Training 8th May 1941 Exercise 12th May 1941 Course 15th May 1941 Live Fire 19th May 1941 Course 22nd May 1941 Demonstration 23rd May 1941 Drill 24th May 1941 Orderly Officer 26th May 1941 Live Fire 27th May 1941 Advance Party 28th May 1941 Posting 29th May 1941 On the Move 30th May 1941 On the Move 31st May 1941 Fatigues 2nd Jun 1941 Course 6th Jun 1941 Inspection 7th Jun 1941 Inspection 8th Jun 1941 Course 12th Jun 1941 Training 15th Jun 1941 Course 16th Jun 1941 Exercise 23rd Jun 1941 Entertainment 24th Jun 1941 Entertainment 28th Jun 1941 Course 29th Jun 1941 Course 2nd Jul 1941 Exercise 8th Jul 1941 COs Visit 11th Jul 1941 Exercise 12th Jul 1941 Course 13th Jul 1941 Posting 15th Jul 1941 Guns Moved 17th Jul 1941 Course 18th Jul 1941 On the Range 19th Jul 1941 Training 20th Jul 1941 Exercise 21st Jul 1941 On the Range 31st Jul 1941 Exercise 8th Aug 1941 Live Fire 9th Aug 1941 Competition 11th Aug 1941 Course 14th Aug 1941 Exercise 17th Aug 1941 Posting 19th Aug 1941 Live Fire 22nd Aug 1941 Course 23rd Aug 1941 Course 25th Aug 1941 Satisfactory 26th Aug 1941 On the Move 27th Aug 1941 Training 26th Sep 1941 On the Move 27th Sep 1941 On the Move 28th Sep 1941 Exercise 29th Sep 1941 Exercise 30th Sep 1941 Exercise 1st Oct 1941 Exercise 2nd Oct 1941 Exercise 3rd Oct 1941 Exercise 3rd Nov 1941 Course 4th Nov 1941 Training 5th Nov 1941 Training 7th Nov 1941 Training 10th Nov 1941 Course 11th Nov 1941 Inspection 12th Nov 1941 Course 15th Nov 1941 Course 15th Nov 1941 Course 19th Nov 1941 Dinner and Concert 20th Nov 1941 Training 21st Nov 1941 Inspection 22nd Nov 1941 Training 25th Nov 1941 Training 26th Nov 1941 Posting 27th Nov 1941 Demonstration 30th Nov 1941 Training 2nd Dec 1941 Orders 6th Dec 1941 Courses 8th Dec 1941 Drill 9th Dec 1941 Drill 10th Dec 1941 On the Move 12th Dec 1941 Demonstration 13th Dec 1941 On the Move 15th Dec 1941 Posting 16th Dec 1941 Leave Begins 17th Dec 1941 Maintenance 18th Dec 1941 Equipment 23rd Dec 1941 Leave 24th Dec 1941 Christmas Dance 29th Dec 1941 Training 30th Dec 1941 Return from Leave 31st Dec 1941 Celebrations 1st Jan 1942 Hospitalisation 2nd Jan 1942 Court of Inquiry 3rd Jan 1942 Inspection 5th Jan 1942 Inspection 11th Jan 1942 Training 16th Jan 1942 Training 17th Jan 1942 Courts Martial 18th Jan 1942 Snow 19th Jan 1942 Training 25th Jan 1942 Course 25th Jan 1942 Adj General visits 1st Feb 1942 Promotions 3rd Feb 1942 Transfer 5th Feb 1942 Transfer 9th Feb 1942 Demonstration 10th Feb 1942 Promotion 13th Feb 1942 Practice 17th Feb 1942 Exercise 22nd Feb 1942 Training 25th Feb 1942 Night Exercise 26th Feb 1942 Inspection 28th Feb 1942 Football 2nd March 1942 Training 3rd March 1942 Exercise 4th March 1942 Demonstration & Lectures 5th March 1942 Discharged 6th March 1942 Regimental Sports 7th March 1942 Training 9th March 1942 Training 10th March 1942 Exercise 12th March 1942 On the Range 13th March 1942 On the Range 14th March 1942 Football and Dance 16th March 1942 Posting 17th March 1942 Course 19th March 1942 Drill Order 20th March 1942 Ten Miles 22nd March 1942 Posting 26th March 1942 Firing Practice 27th March 1942 Posting 28th March 1942 Inspection 29th March 1942 Church Parade 31st March 1942 Courts Martial 2nd Apr 1942 Preparations 3rd Apr 1942 Firing Practice 4th Apr 1942 Firing Practice 5th Apr 1942 Leave 7th Apr 1942 Preparations 8th Apr 1942 Preparations 9th Apr 1942 Preparations 10th Apr 1942 Preparations 13th Apr 1942 Road Party Departs 16th Apr 1942 Loading Party 18th Apr 1942 Training 20th Apr 1942 Training 23rd Apr 1942 Training 25th Apr 1942 Inspection 25th Apr 1942 Rifle Contest 29th Apr 1942 CO Visits 30th Apr 1942 CO Visits 1st May 1942 Royal Inspection 2nd May 1942 Ready to Move 4th May 1942 Baggage Party 6th May 1942 On the Move 7th May 1942 On the Move 8th May 1942 Organising 21st May 1942 At Sea 22nd May 1942 Into Port 26th May 1942 Refuelling 28th May 1942 At Sea 31st May 1942 At Sea 5th Jun 1942 Convoy 8th Jun 1942 Docking 9th Jun 1942 Change of Transport 10th Jun 1942 Hospitality 11th Jun 1942 Convoy 14th Jun 1942 Defence Duties 15th Jun 1942 Convoy Reforms 23rd Jun 1942 Convoy Splits 27th Jun 1942 Convoy Separates 29th Jun 1942 Hospitalisation 30th Jun 1942 Sailing Alone 4th Jul 1942 Into Port 5th Jul 1942 Into Camp 17th Jul 1942 Staging 18th Jul 1942 On the Move 20th Jul 1942 Change of Command 20th of July 1942 Reorganisation 21st Jul 1942 On the Move 21st of July 1942 Move Forward   22nd Jul 1942 In Support 22nd of July 1942 Appendix A 23rd Jul 1942 In Action 23rd of July 1942 Post battle   24th Jul 1942 Maintenance 25th Jul 1942 Intelligence 26th Jul 1942 Orders 26th Jul 1942 Orders 27th Jul 1942 In Action 27th Jul 1942 In Action 28th Jul 1942 In Position 29th Jul 1942 Quiet 29th Jul 1942 Intelligence 31st Jul 1942 On the Move 1st Aug 1942 Recce 3rd Aug 1942 On the Move 4th Aug 1942 Sniping 5th Aug 1942 Training 6th Aug 1942 Training 7th Aug 1942 Training 8th Aug 1942 Health 9th Aug 1942 In Action 11th Aug 1942 Positions Improved 12th Aug 1942 Positions Improved 13th Aug 1942 Positions Improved 14th Aug 1942 Positions Improved 15th Aug 1942 Exercise 16th Aug 1942 On the Move 18th Aug 1942 Health 19th Aug 1942 Training 20th Aug 1942 Training 21st Aug 1942 Training 22nd Aug 1942 Training 23rd Aug 1942 Preparations 24th Aug 1942 Preparations 25th Aug 1942 Preparations 26th Aug 1942 Exercise 27th Aug 1942 Preparations 28th Aug 1942 Exercise 31st Aug 1942 Enemy Advance 1st Sep 1942 In Action 2nd Sep 1942 In Action 3rd Sep 1942 In Action 4th Sep 1942 In Action 5th Sep 1942 In Action 6th Sep 1942 Enemy Hold 7th Sep 1942 Precaution 8th Sep 1942 Maintenance 11th Sep 1942 In Position 12th Sep 1942 In Action 13th Sep 1942 In Position 14th Sep 1942 On the Move 15th Sep 1942 Exercise 16th Sep 1942 Hospital 20th Sep 1942 Personnel 21st Sep 1942 Relief 22nd Sep 1942 Baths 23rd Sep 1942 On the Move 24th Sep 1942 Exercise 25th Sep 1942 Maintenance 26th Sep 1942 Maintenance 27th Sep 1942 On the Move 28th Sep 1942 Maintenance 29th Sep 1942 Inspection 30th Sep 1942 On the Move 1st Oct 1942 Training 2nd Oct 1942 Exercise 3rd Oct 1942 Guns Modified 4th Oct 1942 Health 5th Oct 1942 Brigade Excerise 6th Oct 1942 Gun Return 7th Oct 1942 Excersice ends 8th Oct 1942 In Support 9th Oct 1942 Preparations 10th Oct 1942 On the Move 11th Oct 1942 On the Move 12th Oct 1942 On the Move 13th Oct 1942 Posting 14th Oct 1942 Training 15th Oct 1942 Reorganisation 18th Oct 1942 Hospital 19th Oct 1942 On the Move 20th Oct 1942 Hospital 21st Oct 1942 On the Move 22nd Oct 1942 On the Move 23rd Oct 1942 On the Move 24th Oct 1942 Advance 25th Oct 1942 In Action 26th Oct 1942 In Action 27th Oct 1942 In Action 28th Oct 1942 Targets Engaged 29th Oct 1942 Battle in Progress 30th Oct 1942 In Action 31st Oct 1942 In Action 1st Nov 1942 In Action 2nd Nov 1942 In Action 3rd Nov 1942 In Action 4th Nov 1942 In Action 5th Nov 1942 Withdrawal 6th Nov 1942 On the Move 7th Nov 1942 Withdrawal 10th Nov 1942 Training 11th Nov 1942 Training 13th Nov 1942 Training 14th Nov 1942 On the Move 15th Nov 1942 Posting 17th Nov 1942 Visit 18th Nov 1942 Visit 19th Nov 1942 Letter 20th Nov 1942 Visit 21st Nov 1942 On the Move 22nd Nov 1942 On the Move 23rd Nov 1942 On the Move 24th Nov 1942 On the Move 25th Nov 1942 On the Move 26th Nov 1942 Repairs 28th Nov 1942 On the Move 29th Nov 1942 On the Move 30th Nov 1942 On the Move 2nd Dec 1942 Maintenance 3rd Dec 1942 On the Move 4th Dec 1942 On the Move 5th Dec 1942 Recce 6th Dec 1942 Observation 8th Dec 1942 Observation 9th Dec 1942 On the Move 10th Dec 1942 Visit 11th Dec 1942 Patrol 12th Dec 1942 Ready 13th Dec 1942 Advance 14th Dec 1942 In Action 15th Dec 1942 In Action 16th Dec 1942 On the Move 17th Dec 1942 On the Move 19th Dec 1942 Posting 20th Dec 1942 Guns 21st Dec 1942 Exercise 23rd Dec 1942 Training 24th Dec 1942 Visit 25th Dec 1942 Visit 26th Dec 1942 Move Delayed 27th Dec 1942 On the Move 28th Dec 1942 On the Move 29th Dec 1942 Enemy Aircraft 31st Dec 1942 On the Move 1st Jan 1943 Training 3rd Jan 1943 Training 4th Jan 1943 Guns Calibrated 5th Jan 1943 Training 6th Jan 1943 Training 7th Jan 1943 Training 8th Jan 1943 Training 10th Jan 1943 Hospital 11th Jan 1943 Return 12th Jan 1943 On the Move 13th Jan 1943 On the Move 14th Jan 1943 On the Move 15th Jan 1943 In Action 16th Jan 1943 In Action 17th Jan 1943 Advance 18th Jan 1943 Advance 19th Jan 1943 Advance 20th Jan 1943 In Action 21st Jan 1943 In Action 22nd Jan 1943 On the Move 23rd Jan 1943 On the Move 24th Jan 1943 On the Move 25th Jan 1943 In Action 26th Jan 1943 In Action 27th Jan 1943 On the Move 29th Jan 1943 Maintenance 30th Jan 1943 On the Move 31st Jan 1943 Advance 3rd Feb 1943 Parade 5th Feb 1943 Parade 6th Feb 1943 Forward 7th Feb 1943 Forward 8th Feb 1943 Forward 9th Feb 1943 In Action 10th Feb 1943 In Action 13th Feb 1943 Enemy Quiet 14th Feb 1943 On the Move 15th Feb 1943 On the Move 16th Feb 1943 Patrol 17th Feb 1943 In Action 18th Feb 1943 Reliefs 19th Feb 1943 Reliefs Completed 20th Feb 1943 In Action 21st Feb 1943 Heights Occupied 22nd Feb 1943 Enemy Withdrawal 23rd Feb 1943 Advance 24th Feb 1943 Recce 25th Feb 1943 Advance 26th Feb 1943 In Action 27th Feb 1943 On the Move 28th Feb 1943 Quiet 2nd Mar 1943 On the Move 3rd Mar 1943 Recces 5th Mar 1943 Recces 6th Mar 1943 In Action 7th Mar 1943 In Action 8th Mar 1943 Rest 9th Mar 1943 Training 10th Mar 1943 Training 13th Mar 1943 Training 14th Mar 1943 Advance 15th Mar 1943 Orders 16th Mar 1943 Attack Made 17th Mar 1943 Withdrawal 18th Mar 1943 Ammunition Restricted 19th Mar 1943 Visit 20th Mar 1943 Attack Made 21st Mar 1943 Recces 22nd Mar 1943 Bridgehead 23rd Mar 1943 Reliefs 24th Mar 1943 Reliefs 25th Mar 1943 Enemy Pushed Back 26th Mar 1943 Attack Made 27th Mar 1943 Attack Made 28th Mar 1943 Ready to Move 29th Mar 1943 Ready to Move 30th Mar 1943 On the Move 31st Mar 1943 On the Move 1st Apr 1943 Recce 2nd Apr 1943 Into Action 3rd Apr 1943 Recces 6th Apr 1943 Attack Made 7th Apr 1943 Attack Made 8th Apr 1943 Shelling 9th Apr 1943 Advance 10th Apr 1943 Advance 12th Apr 1943 Bathing 13th Apr 1943 On the Move 14th Apr 1943 Maintenance 15th Apr 1943 On the Move 16th Apr 1943 Award 18th Apr 1943 Recces 19th Apr 1943 On the Move 20th Apr 1943 In Action 21st Apr 1943 In Action 22nd Apr 1943 In Action 23rd Apr 1943 In Action 25th Apr 1943 In Action 26th Apr 1943 In Action 27th Apr 1943 In Action 28th Apr 1943 In Action 29th Apr 1943 Plans 30th Apr 1943 On the Move 1st May 1943 On the Move 2nd May 1943 On the Move 4th May 1943 Preparations 5th May 1943 Advance 6th May 1943 In Action 7th May 1943 In Action 8th May 1943 In Action 9th May 1943 Advance 10th May 1943 At Rest 11th May 1943 At Rest 12th May 1943 On the Move 13th May 1943 On the Move 14th May 1943 At Rest 18th May 1943 Inspection 19th May 1943 Congestion 20th May 1943 On the Move 21st May 1943 On the Move 22nd May 1943 On the Move 23rd May 1943 On the Move 24th May 1943 On the Move 25th May 1943 At Rest 26th May 1943 At Rest 27th May 1943 At Rest 28th May 1943 At Rest 29th May 1943 At Rest 30th May 1943 At Rest 31st May 1943 Training 1st Jun 1943 Training 2nd of October 1943 Report on Operations   4th Oct 1944 Reliefs If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. 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