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21st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers   7th Sep 1942 Reorganisation 9th Sep 1942 Reorganisation 9th Sep 1942 Training Instructions 11th Sep 1942 Equipment 12th Sep 1942 Title 14th Sep 1942 Training 17th Sep 1942 Course 20th Sep 1942 Course 21st Sep 1942 Training 22nd Sep 1942 Salvage 24th Sep 1942 Training 25th Sep 1942 Return to HQ 26th Sep 1942 Visit 27th Sep 1942 Course 28th Sep 1942 Training 30th Sep 1942 Reinforcements 1st Oct 1942 Advance Party 4th Oct 1942 Night Training 6th Oct 1942 Exercise 7th Oct 1942 Preparations 8th Oct 1942 Exercise 8th Oct 1942 On the Move 9th Oct 1942 On the Move 10th Oct 1942 Discussions 11th Oct 1942 Inspection 12th Oct 1942 Arrangements Made 14th Oct 1942 Relief of Detachments 14th Oct 1942 Inspection 15th Oct 1942 Deployments 16th Oct 1942 Preparations 18th Oct 1942 Exercise 19th Oct 1942 Detachment Ends 21st Oct 1942 Minefields 22nd Oct 1942 Minefields 23rd Oct 1942 Units Move Through 24th Oct 1942 Under Fire 25th Oct 1942 Minefields 26th Oct 1942 Move 27th Oct 1942 Preparations 28th Oct 1942 Maintenance 29th Oct 1942 Reinforcements 30th Oct 1942 Warning Orders 31st Oct 1942 Moves 1st Nov 1942 Move 2nd Nov 1942 Move 3rd Nov 1942 Equipment 4th Nov 1942 Advance 5th Nov 1942 Armour Destroyed 6th Nov 1942 Progress Difficult 7th Nov 1942 Wet Weather 8th Nov 1942 Minefields 9th Nov 1942 Air Attack 10th Nov 1942 Mines 11th Nov 1942 Advance 12th Nov 1942 Advance 13th Nov 1942 On the Move 14th Nov 1942 Mines Lifted 15th Nov 1942 Recce 16th Nov 1942 Patrol 17th Nov 1942 On the Move 18th Nov 1942 On the Move 19th Nov 1942 On the Move 20th Nov 1942 Mines 21st Nov 1942 Mines Lifted 22nd Nov 1942 Recce 23rd Nov 1942 On the Move 24th Nov 1942 Mines 25th Nov 1942 Moves 26th Nov 1942 Detachment 27th Nov 1942 Move 28th Nov 1942 Return 29th Nov 1942 Mines 30th Nov 1942 Water 1st Dec 1942 Tracks Marked 2nd Dec 1942 Tracks Marked 3rd Dec 1942 Vehicles 4th Dec 1942 Construction Work 5th Dec 1942 Construction Work 6th Dec 1942 Construction Work 7th Dec 1942 Water Supply 8th Dec 1942 Water Supply 9th Dec 1942 Mines 9th Dec 1942 Recce 10th Dec 1942 Inspection 10th Dec 1942 Recce 11th Dec 1942 Sport 12th Dec 1942 Air Attack 12th Dec 1942 Water 13th Dec 1942 On the Move 13th Dec 1942 On the Move 14th Dec 1942 Orders 14th Dec 1942 Fence Cut 15th Dec 1942 Mines 15th Dec 1942 Shelling 16th Dec 1942 Mines 16th Dec 1942 Move 17th Dec 1942 Mines Lifted 17th Dec 1942 Detachment Returns 18th Dec 1942 Mines 18th Dec 1942 On the Move 19th Dec 1942 Road Cleared 19th Dec 1942 On the Move 20th Dec 1942 Road Cleared 20th Dec 1942 Mines 21st Dec 1942 Orders 21st Dec 1942 Report 21st Dec 1942 Water 22nd Dec 1942 At Rest 23rd Dec 1942 Road Work 24th Dec 1942 Move 24th Dec 1942 Move 25th Dec 1942 Festivities 25th Dec 1942 Well 26th Dec 1942 Mines 26th Dec 1942 Road Cleared 27th Dec 1942 Roads Cleared 27th Dec 1942 Move 28th Dec 1942 Roads Cleared 28th Dec 1942 Move 29th Dec 1942 Road Work 29th Dec 1942 On the Move 30th Dec 1942 Slow Progress 30th Dec 1942 Water Supply 31st Dec 1942 Mines 31st Dec 1942 Minefield 1st Jan 1943 Mines 2nd Jan 1943 Mines 3rd Jan 1943 Poor Conditions 4th Jan 1943 Poor Conditions 5th Jan 1943 Working Party 6th Jan 1943 Air Attack 8th Jan 1943 Task Complete 9th Jan 1943 Visit 10th Jan 1943 Quiet 11th Jan 1943 On the Move 12th Jan 1943 Conference 13th Jan 1943 Awaiting Orders 14th Jan 1943 Move 16th Jan 1943 On the Move 17th Jan 1943 On the Move 19th Jan 1943 Mines 20th Jan 1943 Road Work 25th Jan 1943 Working Parties 31st Jan 1943 Working Parties 3rd Feb 1943 Preparations 4th Feb 1943 Visit 6th Feb 1943 Works Complete 9th Feb 1943 On the Move 10th Feb 1943 Road Work 11th Feb 1943 Road Work 14th Feb 1943 On the Move 16th Mar 1943 Orders 16th March 1943 Orders 17th Mar 1943 In Action 17th Mar 1943 Report If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. 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