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70th Infantry Brigade 1st Sep 1939 HQ Established 4th Sep 1939 Embodiment Complete 5th Sep 1939 Guards 6th Sep 1939 Inspection 8th Sep 1939 Air Defence 10th Sep 1939 Orders 13th Sep 1939 Tactical Exercise 14th Sep 1939 Conference 16th Sep 1939 Visit 17th Sep 1939 Intelligence 18th Sep 1939 Exercise 21st Sep 1939 Course 25th Sep 1939 Training 28th Sep 1939 Air Defence 29th Sep 1939 Recce 2nd Oct 1939 Special Order 4th Oct 1939 Route March 9th Oct 1939 Course 9th Oct 1939 Essential Trades 10th Oct 1939 Reliefs 17th Oct 1939 Reliefs 19th Oct 1939 Civil Defence 22nd Oct 1939 Accomodation 23rd Oct 1939 Changes of HQ 24th Oct 1939 Visit 25th Oct 1939 Postings 29th Oct 1939 Concert 30th Oct 1939 Confinement 31st Oct 1939 Reinforcements 2nd Nov 1939 Battalion Formed 3rd Nov 1939 Entertainment 4th Nov 1939 Defence 10th Nov 1939 Visit 13th Nov 1939 Visit 14th Nov 1939 Vulnerable Points 15th Nov 1939 Concert 16th Nov 1939 Visit 22nd Nov 1939 Address 23rd Nov 1939 Inspection 23rd Nov 1939 Bridges 27th Nov 1939 Civil Defence & Training 4th Dec 1939 Course 5th Dec 1939 Reinforcements 6th Dec 1939 Visit 7th Dec 1939 Training 10th Dec 1939 Training 11th Dec 1939 Training 14th Dec 1939 On the Move 15th Dec 1939 On the Move 16th Dec 1939 Staff 19th Dec 1939 Concert 20th Dec 1939 Visit 21st Dec 1939 Move 22nd Dec 1939 Move 24th Dec 1939 Christmas Wishes 4th Jan 1940 Visit 5th Jan 1940 Lecture 6th Jan 1940 Visit 8th Jan 1940 Defence 9th Jan 1940 Draft 10th Jan 1940 Exercise 12th Jan 1940 Exercise 13th Jan 1940 Transfer 15th Jan 1940 Duties 17th Jan 1940 Lecture 24th Jan 1940 Snow 26th Jan 1940 Exercise 27th Jan 1940 Shortages 29th Jan 1940 Air Raid 1st Feb 1940 Redesignation 7th Feb 1940 Scare 9th Feb 1940 Conference 10th Feb 1940 Conference 11th Feb 1940 Change of Command 12th Feb 1940 Assitance Appreciated 14th Feb 1940 Recruitment 15th Feb 1940 Visit 17th Feb 1940 Leave 20th Feb 1940 Visit 21st Feb 1940 Visitor 22nd Feb 1940 Air Raid 23rd Feb 1940 Return 24th Feb 1940 Praise 28th 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1944 Attack Made 1st Jul 1944 Hard Fighting 2nd Jul 1944 Shelling 3rd Jul 1944 Reliefs 12th Jul 1944 Reliefs 16th Jul 1944 Attack Made 23rd Jul 1944 Advance Party If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. 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