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WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| Unit: 7th Bn The Seaforth Highlanders | ||
| Month and Year: June 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. E.H.G. Grant, M.C. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOVE | 1 | 1800 | O Gp personnel at Bn HQ Conference | |
| HOVE | 2 | Pipes and Drums played RETREAT. | ||
| HOVE | 3 | Routine. | ||
| HOVE | 4 | Routine and I.O. at Bde Conference. | ||
| HOVE | 5 | Routine Normal. | ||
| HOVE | 6 | C.O. held Coy Comds Conference. | ||
| HOVE | 7 | Bde River Crossing Ex. Bde Pipes and Drums played RETREAT. | ||
| HOVE | 8 | Routine Normal. | ||
| HOVE | 9 | Corps Commander at Bn HQ. Div Comd at Bn HQ. Bde Comd at Bn HQ. | ||
| HOVE | 10 | Routine Normal. | ||
| HOVE | 11 | 1140 | Vehicle Party left for Marshalling Area. Bde Church Parade. | |
| 12 | 1000 | Vehicle Party arrived Marshalling Area. | ||
| HOVE | 12 | Marching Party left for Marshalling Area. Marching Party arrived at Marshalling Area 1300 hrs at FAIMAR. | ||
| 13 | Vehicle Party at 30 minutes notice to move to London. | |||
| FAIMAR | 14 | Marching Party of Bn in Marshalling Area. | ||
| 15 | Vehicle Party left London for embarkation area. Marching Party at Marshalling Area. | |||
| SHOEBURYNESS | 16 | 1800 | Veh Party sailed for France 1400 hrs. C.O. held conference on ship. Marching Troops sailed from Newhaven at 2330 hrs. | |
| FRANCE | 17 | Marching Party of Bn disembarked and marched to Concentration Area at St Gabriele. | ||
| St. GABRIELE | 18 | Marching Troops of Bn in Concentration Area. | ||
| St. GABRIELE | 19 | Marching Troops of Bn in Concentration Area. | ||
| St. GABRIELE | 20 | Marching Troops of Bn in Concentration Area. | ||
| St. GABRIELE | 21 | Marching Troops of Bn in Concentration Area. | ||
| St. GABRIELE | 22 | 0225 | Marching Troops of Bn in Concentration Area. C.O. left ship for Conc. Area. | |
| St. GABRIELE | 23 | 1100 | C.O. arrived at Bn HQ. Veh Party commenced disembarkation. | |
| St. GABRIELE | 24 | Vehicle Party arrived at Bn Area. | ||
| St. GABRIELE | 25 | 2230 | C.O. held O Gp on Operation Gaunt. | |
| 25 | 0730 | Bn left Concentration Area for night march up to front line. | ||
| 26 | Bn went into action near Secqueville en Bessin and advanced during day to Cheux. Main objective not reached. | See Appdx 'A' | ||
| 26 | Casualties: Killed 1 Offr, 6 ORs. Wounded: 3 Offr, 40 ORs. | |||
| CHEUX | 27 | 1900 | 'D' Coy attacked main objective successfully. | See Appdx 'B' |
| 27 | Bn relieved and moved to rear of Cheux to reorganise. At 2300 hrs Bn received orders to advance at 0500 hrs on 28-6-44. | |||
| 27 | 0500 | Casualties: Killed 2 O.Rs. Wounded: 14 O.Rs. | ||
| CHEUX | 28 | Bn moved up into action. 1100 hrs 'A' Coy gained their objective. | See Appdx 'C' | |
| 28 | 1230 | Casualties: Killed: 2 Offrs, 10 ORs. Wounded: 1 Offrs, 61 ORs. Missing: 2 ORs. | ||
| 29 | Enemy attacked strength approx 1 Coy supported by 4 Mark IV Tanks. Three of the tanks were knocked out of action with P.I.A.T. fire and the fourth was destroyed by 6 Pdr A/Tk Gun. Enemy Infantry were driven off successfully. C.O. and 2 i/c wounded. Major C. Blair, M.C. took over Command. | See Appdx 'D' | ||
| 29 | Casualties: Wounded: 4 Offrs, 10 ORs. Missing: 2 Offrs, 4 ORs. | |||
| 30 | Enemy section seen but did not attack also 1 enemy tank seen about 700 yards distant. The type of tank could not be identified. Enemy Inf strength approx. 2 sections attacked Bn position but were driven off and casualties inflicted. | See Appdx 'E' | ||
| 30 | Casualties: Killed: 9 ORs. Wounded: 14 ORs. Missing: 14 ORs. |
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. For historical research, always check the originals.
