| January 1945 | CO: Lt Col AWA Llewellyn Palmer DSO MC |
| Jan 45 | North Irish Horse |
| 1 - 7 | C.M.F. Period of intensive training continues. |
| 8/1/45 | Information received that the Regt is to concentrate in the CESENA area. A recce shows no billets available. |
| 9/1/45 | Concentration area is change to RAVENNA. The Regt is to be in Support of the Italian Cremona Div. |
| 11/1/45 | C Sqn move and go straight into the line in support 21st Regt. |
| 14/1/45 | A Sqn get into position in support of 22nd Regt having been delayed by a bridge down. Sqn HQ is SW of SAN ALBERTO about 2500 yards South of southern bank of LAKE COMACCHIO. C Sqn are to the SW of A Sqn and HQ Sqn Shermans are between the two. The total front covered is some 21,000 yards. Our role seems to be purely a defensive one. B Sqn are in reserve in RAVENNA where RHQ and the echelons are also situated. |
| 16/1/45 | Lt Maguire's troop did some shooting on the 'spit', which is a narrow piece of land between the lake and the ADRIATIC. |
| 17/1/45 | Lt Reid's troop shoot up some German occupied houses. Lt Reid received a slight cheek wound in the process. It becomes necessary to send up some echelon personnel to help guard the tanks at night against German patrols. |
| 21/1/45 | 2nd Canadian Inf Bde are taking over from 21st Regt. |
| 22/1/45 | Major RJ Griffith arrives back from UK leave and takes over A Sqn from Capt Bowring. Capt CM Thomas MC rejoins from a course in the UK and takes over command of the new Recce Sqn. |
| 24/1/45 | Recce Sqn moves up and relieves 2 A Sqn troops. They take up positions facing the Spit. |
| 26/1/45 | B Sqn relieves C Sqn. Recce troop Shermans do some good shooting in support of an infantry attack on a house from which the enemy have been operating. |
| 27/1/45 | B Sqn do some remarkably accurate shooting with their 95mms in support of the Edmontons. |
| 28/1/45 | B Sqn support the Edmontons in an excellent local attack. |
| 29/1/45 | A Sqn assist the Italians to establish themselves in some houses SE of the lake. |
| 31/1/45 | Lt Reid's troop support the Italians in an attack on C. LOLLI on the extreme West of their sector. |
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