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1st Guards Brigade Anti Tank Company    1st Guards Brigade Anti Tank Company, proceeded to France with the British Expeditionary Force and saw action during the Battle of France in 1940. After a spell on Home Defence duties the company was disbanded on the 31st of December 1940     10th March 1940 Coy take over billets   27th June 1940 Quite day for 1st Guards Brigade   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 April 1940 Defences   2nd April 1940 Training   3rd April 1940 Training   4th April 1940 Training   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 April 1940 Weapons range   10th April 1940 Firing practise   11th April 1940 Training   12th April 1940 Training   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 April 1940 Training   16th April 1940 Training   17th April 1940 Posting   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   1st May 1940 British Aircraft Overhead   2nd May 1940 Normal routine   3rd May 1940 Normal routine   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 Settling in   7th May 1940 A lot of Aircraft   8th May 1940 Aircraft Active   9th May 1940 Bombs   10th May 1940 Germany invades Holland   11th May 1940 Preparations   12th May 1940 Advance to Belgium.   12th May 1940 Recce   13th May 1940 Gun Positions   14th May 1940 Digging Positions   15th May 1940 Digging in   16th May 1940 Orders   17th May 1940 On the Move   18th May 1940 Digging gun positions   26th May 1940 Recce 27th May 1940 Withdrawal 28th May 1940 HQ Moves 29th May 1940 Situation unchanged   30th May 1940 Moves 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   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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