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WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
Unit: HQ 3 Army Group RA | ||
Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig F.C.F. Cleeve DSO, MC |
Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
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AILLY | 1 | 0900 | CAGRA and BM leave on special assignment to locate and report on flying bomb sites. | |
AILLY | 2 | 3 AGRA less 13 and 59 Med Regts has now been deprived of most of its load carrying tpt to assist in maintaining adm services to fwd tps. A further Arty pl has to-day be formed and will report to Amiens to-morrow. | ||
LA CROIX | 3 | HQ 3 AGRA moves to more suitable location | ||
ST LEUFROX | 5 | (et seq) Regts occupied in marching PW's to cages, organizing cages and guarding PW's, also harvesting. | ||
ST LEUFROX | 9 | 3 AGRA Adm Order No. 19 | ||
ST LEUFROX | 16 | 3 AGRA Adm Order No. 20 | ||
ST LEUFROX | 20 | Orders from First Cdn Army for move of HQ 3 AGRA with under comd 67 and 72 Med, 59 Hy (less one 155mm bty), one med regt from 8 AGRA (146 Med), 52 Hy less two btys from 5 AGRA, to area SW of Ghent in Belgium | ||
ST LEUFROX | 23 | 0800 | HQ 3 AGRA leaves LA CROIX. Arrives area CARVIN, NE of ARRAS and stages night 23/24. | |
NOKERE | 24 | 1200 | HQ 3 AGRA est at NOKERE J 029626. Areas recced for a regts. Fwd HQs est as per att location statement. | |
NOKERE | 27 | 3 AGRA Adm Order No. 21 | ||
NOKERE | 29 | Revised location statement | ||
NOKERE | 30 | 20/59 Hy Bty(155mm) moves to J 261095 to bombard shipping in FLUSHING harbour. |
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