43 (Wessex) Infantry Divisional Column RASC (TA)
Date | Unit | Sub-units/Remarks |
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c1947 | England: HQ at The Drill Hall, Winsterstoke Road, Bristol | 504, 505, 506 & 1567 Companies |
. | 504 Company at Swindon | . |
. | 505 Company at Didcot | . |
. | 506 Company at Lambhay Drill Hall, Plymouth | . |
. | 1567 Company at Plymouth? | . |
1948 | Annual Camp at Lepe, near Southampton | . |
mid 1949 | 1569 Company (Artillery), RASC (TA) transferred in from 104 Transport Column and 1567 Company (Infantry Divisional Troops) transferred out to 104 Transport Column | 504, 505, 506 & 1569 Companies |
1949.06 | Annual Camp at Lepe, near Southampton | . |
1950 | 504 Company moved to a new camp at Green Road, Upper Stratton, Swindon. 505 Company at Didcot disbanded? | . |
c1950 | 1570 Company (104 Column) at the Drill Hall, Portfield Road, Christchurch redesignated 505 Company joined column | 504, 505, 506 & 1569 Companies |
1951 | A new numbering system for RASC (TA) units was adopted whereby all Companies were given a three-figure number. 1569 Company renumbered 569 Company | 504, 505, 506 & 569 Companies |
1951.06 | Annual Camp at Chickerell, near Weymouth | . |
1952.06 | Annual Camp at Chickerell, near Weymouth | . |
c1953 | England: HQ at Horsfield Bks, Bristol? | . |
By Dec 1953 | Column HQ now in Sherford Camp, Taunton | . |
1954 | Column HQ now in the T.A. Centre, Bishops Hull, Taunton | . |
1954 | Annual Camp beginning at Yelverton, the training area covers Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset | . |
1954 | 504 Company (Inf Div Tpt) (TA), 505, 506 Companies | . |
1955 | Annual Camp at Bulford Fields, Salisbury Plain, first time since the Column re-formed in 1947 it shouldered its responsibilities of maintaining 43 (Wessex) Infantry Division (TA) in the field | . |
1956 | Annual Camp based on Salisbury Plain | . |
Early 1957 | 928 Company from Reading and 164 Artillery Platoon from Bristol joined column. 915 Company, Bristol joined column | 504, 505, 506, 915 928 Companies |
1958 | Annual Camp at Chickerell, near Weymouth | . |
Early 1961 | Reorganization of the TA: Column redesignated 43 (Wessex) Divisional District Column. 928 Company left column on 1 June 1961 and joined new HQ RASC (TA) to be formed in Aldershot District. 915 Company at Bristol will be reorganized into two Companies, one a M.A.C. and one a G.T. Company (Mixed), and a new M.A.C. (Mixed) Company will be formed alongside 506 Company at Plymouth. 504 Company at Swindon remained untouched by the reorganization except, like all units, they must accept the thirty-five per cent, cut in establishment | 502 (Bristol), 504 (Swindon), 505 (Christchurch), 506 (Plymouth), 541 (Plymouth) and 915 (Bristol) CompaniesÃÂ |
1961.05 | Annual camp at Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire | . |
1962 | Annual camp was a Greenfields Camp in Northern England | . |
1963.06 | Annual camp at Crowborough, Sussex | 502, 504, 506, 541, 915 Companies |
1964 | Annual Camp at Chickerell Camp, Weymouth, less 505 Brigade at Thetford | . |
c1965 | 43 (Wessex) Division/District Column RASC (TA) | . |
1965.07.15 | Redesignated 43 (Wessex) Divisional Regiment RCT (TA) | . |
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