April 1946 | CO Lt Col TC Williamson, DSO |
Apr 46 | 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry |
1/4/46 | HAMM Regiment left Schleswig for new area (HAMM B.088435) leaving a small rear party behind. Stayed the first night in transit at HANNOVER. |
2/4/46 | Left HANNOVER to arrive in new location in the afternoon. |
3 - 4 | Regiment spent the day settling in. Normal routine. Heat wave. |
5 - 6 | Normal routine. |
7/4/46 | Church parade, RC service in the town. |
8 - 9 | Normal routine. |
10/4/46 | Lt Gen GI Thomas CB DSO MC (1st Corps Commander) visited the Regt together with the Bde Cdr - Brig RMP Carver CBE DSO MC. |
11/4/46 | Major General ETL Gurdon CBE MC (Div Cdr) visited the Regt. |
12 - 13 | Normal routine. |
14/4/46 | RC Church parade. C of E Church parade in the barracks. Cpl Bethel died whilst playing football against 1 Corps Ordnance. |
15/4/46 | Normal routine. Regimental courses started. |
16/4/46 | Normal routine. Major T Harte assumed command of the Regt in the absence of Lt Col Williamson who was acting as Bde Cdr. |
17/4/46 | The funeral of Cpl Bethel took place at 1500 hours at SOEST. |
18/4/46 | Normal routine. |
19/4/46 | Good Friday - Holiday. RC Church service at Catholic Church HAMM. |
20/4/46 | Holiday. |
21/4/46 | Holiday. Church services RC & C of E. Major G Briggs assumed command of the Regt in the absence of Major T Harte on leave. |
22/4/46 | Holiday. |
23 - 25 | Normal routine. |
26/4/46 | Normal routine. Regtl Curfew patrol in HAMM area. |
27/4/46 | Major AS Gemmell assumed command of the Regt. |
28/4/46 | Normal routine. |
29/4/46 | Normal routine. Curfew patrol in area AHLEN. |
30/4/46 | Lt Col TC Williamson assumed command of the Regt. |