Big “Active Service” Exercise: A large-scale exercise in which the most modern Army equipment was used, was carried out in the British Eastern Command Area. General Sir Bernard Paget, C.-in-C.. Home Forces, and Sir James Grigg, Secretary of State .for War, were present. For four days large bodies of troops lived and worked under full active service conditions. Infantry supporting Covenanter tanks as they advance.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 60, 13 March 1943, Page 6
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65Big “Active Service” Exercise: A large-scale exercise in which the most modern Army equipment was used, was carried out in the British Eastern Command Area. General Sir Bernard Paget, C.-in-C.. Home Forces, and Sir James Grigg, Secretary of State .for War, were present. For four days large bodies of troops lived and worked under full active service conditions. Infantry supporting Covenanter tanks as they advance. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 60, 13 March 1943, Page 6
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