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Anti Tank Companies 145th Brigade Anti-Tank Company 1st Guards Brigade Anti Tank Company 31st August 1939 Orders 1st September 1939 Reorganisation 2nd September 1939 Instruction 3rd September 1939 War Declared 4th September 1939 Guns 5th September 1939 Instruction 6th September 1939 Training 7th September 1939 Training 9th September 1939 Training 10th September 1939 Training 11th September 1939 Training 11th September 1939 Training 12th September 1939 Training 13th September 1939 Training 15th September 1939 On the Ranges 16th September 1939 Training 16th September 1939 Defences 17th September 1939 Preparations 18th September 1939 Preparations 19th September 1939 On the Move 20th September 1939 On the Move 22nd September 1939 Orders 23rd September 1939 Orders 24th September 1939 On the Move 25th September 1939 On the Move 26th September 1939 Into Billets 27th September 1939 Defences 28th September 1939 Preparations 29th September 1939 On the Move 30th September 1939 On the Move 1st October 1939 Improvements 2nd October 1939 Concert 3rd October 1939 Military Parade 4th October 1939 Advance Party 5th October 1939 On the Move 6th October 1939 Digging Trenches 7th October 1939 Defences 8th October 1939 Defences 9th October 1939 Defences 10th October 1939 Defences 11th October 1939 Weapons 12th October 1939 Letter 15th October 1939 In Position 17th October 1939 New Positions 18th October 1939 Training 19th October 1939 Training 20th October 1939 Training 21st October1939 Training 22nd October 1939 Training 23rd October 1939 Training 24th October 1939 Training 25th October 1939 Platoon 26th October 1939 Training 27th October 1939 Training 28th October 1939 Training 29th October 1939 Training 30th October 1939 Training 31st October 1939 Training 1st November 1939 Training 2nd November 1939 Training 3rd November 1939 Training 4th November 1939 Training 5th November 1939 Training 6th November 1939 Training 7th November 1939 Training 8th November 1939 Training 9th November 1939 Training 10th November 1939 Training 11th November 1939 Training 19th November 1939 Company Assemble 21st November 1939 On the Move 23rd November 1939 Defence Work 24th November 1939 Defences 25th November 1939 Defence Work 25th November 1939 Digging Trenches 26th November 1939 Defences 27th November 1939 Defence Work 28th November 1939 Defence Work 29th November 1939 Defence Work 30th November 1939 Defences 1st December 1939 Defence work 2nd December 1939 Defence Work 3rd December 1939 Defences 4th December 1939 Defences 5th December 1939 Digging 6th December 1939 Defences 7th December 1939 Defence Work 8th December 1939 Defence 9th December 1939 Defence Work 10th December 1939 Defence Work 11th December 1939 Defence Work 12th December 1939 Defences 13th December 1939 Defence work 14th December 1939 Defence Work 15th December 1939 Defence Work 16th December 1939 Defences 17th December 1939 Returns 19th December 1939 Leave 25th December 1939 Xmas dinner 26th December 1939 Digging 27th December 1939 Defences 28th December 1939 Defence Work 29th December 1939 Defence Work 30th December 1939 Defences 31st December 1939 Defences 1st January 1940 Defence Work 2nd January 1940 Training 3rd January 1940 Training 4th January 1940 Defences 5th January 1940 Defence 6th January 1940 Defence work 7th January 1940 Training 8th January 1940 Defences 9th January 1940 Defence Work 10th January 1940 On the Move 11th January 1940 Musketry 12th January 1940 On the Move 13th January 1940 Very Cold 19th January 1940 Preparations 20th January 1940 Posting 21st January 1940 State of emergency 22nd January 1940 Training 23rd January 1940 Training 24th January 1940 Training 25th January 1940 Training 27th January 1940 Training 28th January 1940 Training 29th January 1940 Training 30th January 1940 Training 31st January 1940 Training 1st February 1940 Training continues in Calais 2nd February 1940 Training continues in Calais 3rd February 1940 Training continues in Calais 4th February 1940 Training continues in Calais 5th February 1940 Templeuves to Saar 6th February 1940 Arrive at Metz 7th February 1940 Front line 8th February 1940  10th February 1940 Coldstream and Hampshire 11NS 10th February 1940 Grenade 11th February 1940 Improvement in gun positions 12th February 1940 Improvement in gun positions 13th February 1940 Coldstream Pln 18th February 1940 Hampshire Pl relieve 22nd February 1940 Grenadines and Coldstream Plns 23rd February 1940  24th February 1940 Lt Dawnay leaves for Templeuves 25th February 1940 Coy train at Metz 26th February 1940 Arrive at Templeuves 27th February 1940 Defence Work 28th February 1940 Defence Work 29th February 1940 Defence Work 1st March 1940 Defence Work 2nd March 1940 Defence Work 2nd March 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 3rd March 1940 Defence Work 4th March 1940 Defence Work 5th March 1940 Defence Work 6th March 1940 Defence Work 7th March 1940 Defence Work 8th March 1940 Defence Work 9th March 1940 Defence Work 9th March 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 11th March 1940 Training 12th March 1940 Training 13th March 1940 Training 14th March 1940 Training 15th March 1940 Training 16th March 1940 Training 16th March 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 17th March 1940 Training 18th March 1940 Defence Work 19th March 1940 Training 20th March 1940 Defence 21st March 1940 Defence Work 22nd March 1940 Defences 23rd March 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 23rd March 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 24th March 1940 Defences 25th March 1940 Defences 26th March 1940 Training 27th March 1940 Training 28th March 1940 Defences 29th March 1940 Defences 30th March 1940 Defence Work 30th March 1940 Field return of other ranks 30th March 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 31st March 1940 Defences 31th March 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 1st Apr 1940 Exercise 1st April 1940 Defences 2nd April 1940 Training 3rd Apr 1940 Visit 3rd April 1940 Training 4th Apr 1940 Visit 4th April 1940 Training 5th Apr 1940 Visit 5th April 1940 Defence Work 6th April 1940 Reliefs 6th April 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 6th April 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 7th April 1940 Training 7th April 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 8th April 1940 Training 9th Apr 1940 Reorganisation 9th April 1940 Weapons range 10th Apr 1940 Orders 10th April 1940 Firing practise 11th Apr 1940 Stand Fast 11th April 1940 Training 12th April 1940 Training 13th Apr 1940 Orders 13th April 1940 Training 13th April 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 13th April 1940 Field return of other ranks 14th April 1940 Training 15th Apr 1940 Orders 15th April 1940 Training 16th April 1940 Training 17th April 1940 Posting 17th Apr 1940 Escort Duty 18th Apr 1940 Landings 19th April 1940 Training 20th April 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 20th April 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 21st April 1940 Return 28th Apr 1940 Warning 30th Apr 1940 Orders 1st May 1940 On the Move 1st May 1940 British Aircraft Overhead 2nd May 1940 On the Move 2nd May 1940 Normal routine 3rd May 1940 Move Cancelled 3rd May 1940 Normal routine 4th May 1940 Preparations 4th May 1940 Searchlights during night 4th May 1940 Nominal roll of officers on strength. 5th May 1940 Move 5th May 1940 Field return of other officers 6th May 1940 On the Move 6th May 1940 Settling in 7th May 1940 Concentration 7th May 1940 A lot of Aircraft 8th May 1940 Training 8th May 1940 Aircraft Active 9th May 1940 Training 9th May 1940 Bombs 10th May 1940 Orders 10th May 1940 Germany invades Holland 11th May 1940 Orders 11th May 1940 Preparations 12th May 1940 Divisional HQ Moves 12th May 1940 Advance to Belgium. 12th May 1940 Recce 13th May 1940 Recce 13th May 1940 Gun Positions 14th May 1940 Orders 14th May 1940 Digging Positions 15th May 1940 Digging in 16th May 1940 On the Move 16th May 1940 Orders 17th May 1940 In Action 17th May 1940 On the Move 17th May 1940 Defensive Positions 18th May 1940 On the Move 18th May 1940 Digging gun positions 18th May 1940 Defensive Positions 19th May 1940 On the Move 19th May 1940 Defensive Positions 20th May 1940 Air Raids 20th May 1940 Orders 21st May 1940 Hard Fighting 21st May 1940 Orders 21st May 1940 Orders 21st May 1940 Intelligence 21st May 1940 Digging in 22nd May 1940 Under Pressure 22nd May 1940 Defensive Positions 23rd May 1940 Surrounded 23rd May 1940 In Action 24th May 1940 On the Move 24th May 1940 Rear Guard 24th May 1940 In Defence 24th May 1940 Last Stand 25th May 1940 Congestion 25th May 1940 Rear Guard 25th May 1940 Conference 25th May 1940 Defence 25th May 1940 Last Stand 26th May 1940 Bombing 26th May 1940 In Action 26th May 1940 Recce 26th May 1940 Rear Guard 27th May 1940 Air Attacks 27th May 1940 Withdrawal 27th May 1940 In Action 27th May 1940 Heavy Shelling 28th May 1940 Air Attacks 28th May 1940 HQ Moves 28th May 1940 In Defence 28th May 1940 Rear Guard 29th May 1940 Withdrawal 29th May 1940 Situation unchanged 29th May 1940 Rear Guard 30th May 1940 Withdrawal 30th May 1940 Moves 30th May 1940 Withdrawal 31st May 1940 Orders 1st June 1940 Orders 2nd June 1940 At Dunkirk. 3rd June 1940 In England 4th June 1940 HQ Established 5th June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy arriving all day. 6th June 1940 Arrivals 7th June 1940 Company Together 8th June 1940 Refitting 9th June 1940 Arrivals 10th June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy at wakefield 11th June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy at wakefield 12th June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy 13th June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy 14th June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy go on leave. 15th June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy go on leave. 16th June 1940 Quite day for 1st Guards Brigade 17th June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy return from leave. 18th June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy advance party leave. 19th June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy routine ordinary. 20th June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy 21st June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy return from leave. 22nd June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy return from leave. 23rd June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy 24th June 1940 Coldstream Guards died in hospital. 25th June 1940 Reinforcements arrive. 26th June 1940 1st Guards Brigade Coy Officers go on leave 28th June 1940 A lot of Aircraft activity at Night 29th June 1940 Quite day for 1st Guards Brigade 30th June 1940 A lot of Aircraft activity 4th Nov 1940 Reliefs Jan 1941 Reorganisation 21st May 1942 On the Move 14th October 1939 Training 22nd November 1943 Digging Trenches If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. 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