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WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
Unit: HQ 30 Corps Tps Engrs | ||
Month and Year: June 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. R.E. Black RE |
Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
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BRENTWOOD | 1-2 | Advanced HQ situated in S.8 conc area. | ||
3 | 1000 | Marshalling within S.8 area. | ||
3 | 0900 | CRE recce party embarked MT 12 SS Samvern. | ||
PURFLEET | 4 | 1300 | Advanced HQ embarked MT 37. | |
5 | N.T.R. | |||
6 | N.T.R. (wef H Hour 128 Br Coy & 23 Mech Eqpt Sect u/c CRE). | |||
AT SEA | 7 | 0600 | Sailed. | |
8 | 0700 | Off NORMANDY coast. | ||
9 | Remained on board MT 37 (CRE recce party landed). | |||
10 | 2200 | Left MT 37 in L.C.T. | ||
NORMANDY | 11 | 1300 | Beached – short wade – King, Red Beach. | |
11 | 1420 | Arrived Longfellow assembly area. | ||
11 | 1800 | Joined CRE. Office opened. | ||
11 | 2145 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
12 | 1200 | CE Op Order No 2 recd. | ||
13 | 1800 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
14 | 0830 | Moved to new location MR 800763 (S of BAYEUX). | ||
14 | 1800 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
15 | 0001 | 280 Pnr Coy u/c CRE. | ||
15 | 1800 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
16 | 1800 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
17 | 0001 | 44 Pnr Coy u/c CRE. | ||
17 | 0001 | 280 revert u/c 2 Army. | ||
17 | 1800 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
18 | 0900 | 73 Fd Coy u/c CRE. | ||
18 | 1130 | CE Op Order No 3 Ex. Implacable recd. | ||
18 | 1800 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
18 | 2330 | 30 Corps Tps Engrs Op Instruction No 1 issued. | Appx ‘B’ | |
19 | 1800 | 11 Fd Coy placed u/c CRE 7 Armd Div. | ||
19 | 1800 | 30 Corps Tps Engrs Sigs Instruction No 1 issued. | Appx ‘A’ | |
19 | 1930 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
20 | 1700 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
20 | 2200 | CE Op Order No 4 recd. | ||
21 | 1700 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
22 | 1700 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
23 | 1730 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
24 | 1000 | CE 30 Corps Admin Notes recd. Ex Dauntless. | ||
24 | 1730 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
25 | 1730 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
26 | 1730 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
27 | 1730 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
28 | 1200 | 11 Fd Coy reverts u/c CRE. | ||
29 | 1730 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
30 | 1730 | CRE Coy Comds conference. | ||
30 | NB. W.e.f. date of landing units u/c mainly employed in road maintenance. |
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. For historical research, always check the originals.