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WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| Unit: HQ 15 (S) Inf Div G (Ops) | ||
| Month and Year: June 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Maj Gen GHA MacMillan, CBE, DSO, MC |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST GRINSTEAD | 1 | Censorship instrs amendments issued under 1/10/G(I) | Appx "A" | |
| 2 | Letter regarding clearance of mines on rd verges issued under 85/G(O) | " "B" | ||
| 5 | Letter regarding Beach Markings by day and night issued under 329/G/(O) | " "C" | ||
| 6 | Commencement of ops for invasion of the Continent | " "D" | ||
| 6 | Letter concerning accredited war correspondents by Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower KCB, Supreme Comd AEF received. | " "E" | ||
| 7 | Letter regarding the issue of Unit Censor Stamps issued under 1/10/G(I) | " "E" | ||
| 7 | Div Comd, ADC and Adv Party left for the Marshalling Area. Adv Party consisted of GSO 2, GSO 3(O)1 and LO 2. | |||
| 7 | Letter regarding hostile shelling reports issued under 134/G/(O) | " "F" | ||
| 7 | 8 Corps Sitrep Nos 1 and 2 received | " "FF" | ||
| 8 | 15(S)Div Standing Orders for Ops issued | " "G" | ||
| 8 | Message O 94 amending above issued | " "H" | ||
| 9 | 8 Corps Sitrep No 3 received | " "I" | ||
| 9 | 15 (S) Div Sitrep No 4 issued | " "J" | ||
| 10 | 15(S)Div Standing Orders for Main Div HQ issued | " "K" | ||
| 10 | 2300 | approx - Orders received for movement of Div HQ to Marshalling Area at SOUTHAMPTON | ||
| 11 | 1230 | Left WEST GRINSTEAD en route for SOUTHAMPTON | ||
| 11 | 2100 | Arrived in Transit Camp SOUTHAMPTON | ||
| SOUTHAMPTON | 13 | 1630 | Embarked in three LST as follows, LST V 62 HQ RASC, LST V 63 HQ Div Sigs and the 'G' Staff offrs who travel in CVs, LST V 64 HQ RA. | |
| ASNELLES | 14 | 2130 | Party from LST V 62 landed on "JIG GREEN" beach in area ASNELLES (Map 1:50000 sheet YFS) 8786 and proceeded to assembly area near BUHOT 8684 where de-waterproofing was begun. | |
| 15 | 1000 | Party as above moved to div conc area | ||
| ST GABRIEL | 15 | 1200 | Div HQ est (less HQ RA) 878795 | |
| 15 | 1300 | Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower KCB, Supreme Comd Allied Expeditionary Force visited this HQ | ||
| 16 | HQ at same place. Build up continues. | |||
| 17 | 1630 | At same location. HQ RA est and HQ now complete less residues | ||
| 17 | 2100 | Div Comds planning conference with Bde Comds | ||
| 18 | At same location | |||
| 18 | 2100 | Div Comds planning conference with Bde Comds | ||
| 18 | Some rain most of the day. | |||
| 19 | Same location | |||
| 19 | 2115 | Div Comds conference with Bde Comds etc. Weather dry. | ||
| 20 | Same location | |||
| 20 | 2115 | Div Comds conference with Bde Comds etc. Some rain earlier in day with a high wind during latter part. | ||
| 21 | Additions to 15 (S) Div Standing Orders issued under 68/G/(O) | Appx "L" | ||
| ST GABRIEL | 22 | 1940 | OO No 1 issued in connection with Op EPSOM with appendices | |
| 22 | 1800 | C-in-Cs conference at 21 Army Gp Tactical HQ attended by Div Comd | ||
| 23 | Div Mov Order No 1 for moves from present location to Assembly and | " "N" | ||
| 23 | Gun Areas for Op EPSOM issued on D basis | |||
| 23 | 1800 | 8 Corps Comds briefing at 8 Corps HQ attended by Div Comd | ||
| 23 | 2040 | Message O 54 giving D day for Op EPSOM issued | " "O" | |
| CULLY | 24 | 1400 | Main Div HQ moved to CULLY 9176 | |
| 24 | 1500 | Main Div HQ est at CULLY. | ||
| 24 | Mov Order No 2 for moves to Assembly area Night D-1/D issued for mov of certain units not catered for in Mov Order No 1 | " "P" | ||
| CULLY | 25 | 0240 | Message O 54 issued on full distribution to the effect that certain rds are in view of the enemy and subject to enemy shelling. | " "S" |
| 25 | 0900 | Div Comd briefed 44(L)Inf Bde on Op EPSOM. | ||
| 25 | 1130 | Message O 87 that respirators would be carried in unit tpt during Op EPSOM, but that they would be available at short notice. | " "T" | |
| 25 | 1430 | Div Comd briefed 227(H) Inf Bde on Op EPSOM. | ||
| 25 | 1700 | Div Comd briefed 46(H) Inf Bde on Op EPSOM | ||
| 25 | 2100 | Message O 92 regarding activities of Met 8 Corps | " "V" | |
| 25 | Letter regarding cases of the compromisation of codes and code signs by being carried by offr on recce issued under 1/3/G(I). | " "W" | ||
| CULLY | 25 | 2100 | Op Instr O 95 concerning the use of the terms "H" hr etc during Op EPSOM and stating "H" hr to be 0730 hrs on 26 Jun. | Appx "X" |
| 25 | 2103 | Message O 91 stressing the importance of submission of SHELREPS by the quickest possible means and giving SHELREP R/T net freq. | " "U" | |
| CULLY | 26 | 0730 | Op EPSOM begins. | |
| PUTOT-EN-BESSIN | 26 | 1350 | Main Div HQ moves to PUTOT-EN-BESSIN at 915710. | |
| 26 | 1440 | Main Div HQ est PUTOT-EN-BESSIN | ||
| 26 | 2300 | Message O 104 issued containing orders for the securing of crossings over R ODON as early as possible on 27 Jun. | " "Y" | |
| 27 | 1020 | Message O 106 to the effect that all ranks be infm that CHERBOURG is now captured and that the Russian armies are making a very rapid adv on the Eastern front. | " "Z" | |
| 28 | 0110 | Op Order No 2 for the organisation of a defensive posn on R ODON issued with trace showing dispositions to be occupied. (Traces were to be returned by LO). | " "AA" | |
| 28 | 1100 | 8 Corps Comd's conference at this HQ. | ||
| 29 | 2200 | 8 Corps Comd's conference at this HQ. | ||
| 30 | Op Instr O 144 regarding the relief of 46 (H) Inf Bde by 160 Inf Bde of 53 Div issued. | " "BB" |
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. For historical research, always check the originals.
