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WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
Unit: 3 MON | ||
Month and Year: January 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.G. Orr |
Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
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HORNSEA | 1 | Maj H.A. Todman, Capt G.W. Collins, and Lt. G.E. Gibbs appointed to Unit Audit Board for Quarterly Audit. | ||
2 | 1000 | C.O. attended GOCs Trg Conference at Div HQ. | ||
4/5 | Exercise “Bridlington” – Capt T. Davies, Lt. J.F. Keyes and Lt. G. Jones as umpires. | |||
4 | Mortar Pl to SPAUNTON MOOR. | |||
5 | Mortar Pl Demonstration to all offrs at SPAUNTON MOOR. | |||
6 | 1800 | C.O. attended Bde Comd's Conference on Trg at Bde HQ. | ||
7/8 | Ex “Frederick Uncle III” Unit “A” Ech Tpt took part with QM & MTO | Appx “A” att. | ||
8 | C.Os conference on future trg and necessary instrs issued | Appx “B” att. | ||
12 | Coy Comds attended Operational Feeding Demonstration at BEVERLEY. | |||
15 | Bn (less Sp Coy) proceed to INVERARAY for Combined Op Trg. | Appx “C” att. | ||
16 | Bn arrived INVERARAY. | |||
INVERARAY | 17/20 | Coy Trg with various types of Landing Craft | ||
22 | Exercise “Furnace” (Beach landings followed by attack against a live enemy) | Appx “D” att. | ||
INVERARAY | 24 | Exercise “Harrow” (Beach landings followed by Fd Firing) | Appx “E” att. | |
25 | Capt T. Davies proveeds on Coy Comds Course at School of Inf. | |||
25 | Bn returns to HORNSEA. | Appx “F” att. | ||
HORNSEA | 26 | Bn arrives HORNSEA. | ||
26 | 2/Lt. J.J. How proceeds on Pl Comds Course at School of Inf. | |||
30 | Bn moves to STANFORD Battle Area for Field Firing Exercises on 1/2 Feb 44. | Appx “G”. | ||
STANFORD | 31 | Bn arrives STANFORD |
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