Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1. and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages will be prepared in manuscript. |
WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
Unit: 127 Town Major | ||
Month and Year: June 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Captain E.W. Bartley RA |
Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Catterick, Yorks | 1 | Receipt of secret letter NC 7025/B/G/SD marked as above. | ||
Catterick Camp, Yorks | 6 | 1100 | Opened three secret letters to be opened when BBC announced operations had commenced in Western Europe and read out contents. | |
8-10 | Captain E.W. Bartley attended Mine and Booby Trap Couse at the Northern Command Weapon Training School. | |||
9 | 1800 | Warning Order received to be at 48 hrs notice w.ef 0001 hrs 11th June 44. from Northern Command. | ||
14 | 0900 | Received Movement Order from Northern Command NRD/2175/Q2 to report to Hobbs Barracks LINGFIELD. | ||
Lingfield, Surrey | 15 | 1930 | Completed road journey to Hobbs Barracks LINGFIELD, with personnel and stores | |
17 | 1100 | Received Movement Order from North Kent and Surrey District to move unit to R.T.O Victoria Station, LONDON. | ||
18 | 0900 | Moved Unit by Rail to Victoria Station. Reported to E.T.O., and then moved to Camp S/6 in Marshalling Area. | ||
Camp S/6 | 20 | 0830 | Left for port of Embarkation. | |
20 | 1000 | Embarked. | ||
France | 27 | 1050 | Landed on beach and thence by 3 Tonner with personnel and Unit Equipment to 36 R.H.U., 102 Reinforcement Group. | |
30 | 1100 | Collected part of G.1098 Stores from 17 A.O.D. |
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. For historical research, always check the originals.