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Capt . Clennett and Sjt. Cole, our I. S j t ., w~nt position in the area to which we a.re going to move .

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The whole of Z Gp embussed in th e :?ark a_11d went on a practic e r,~. T. move of about seven D..l.i. l es. The object of this move vvas to. e!!Zperiment with ~he ne"~/l ~.C. A.S.C truGks for carrying troop s . The move was carried out sm.oot1:'1ly , exc ej!t for &ne incident when the convoy split on a corner, and :p s.rt of th e convoy went fii;:? mil es before being caugh t ~nd r eturned to the right road .

The Sig. an.d I. officers vvent to I'ecce tl1e r·out e fo1"\ tornwnrov~ ' s mo-ve as far· as tl1e S • P • at E'f.E3.SF...t'>.M •

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armed men ut Bae at once t o se<:..rch f or· parachutists . All ranks v:ere pre:parir..g for a move , but Lt. Johnston and fifty O.Hs. ·we:::·c:. a ssembl ed. , equipped and embussed iL 12 m.inutc;s. ~·.1:.ile i . h. b . . .._h C 0 . . + . n , " -" . -'- " . "" _,_ . . ., - ~ - , . , 'G .:..~. lS \','aS ·elng a.one, l>.~-~e • • repartee. vO .f_, Qe IOl' .!.U:t'dlel• l.E.!.OrinavlOll • ..;Ul. D.e COUi.Cl gc;·c was j

1 a map with a ri!1g around a village f;#,.#./ti1~· ten milea away ai:.d. an orde:r· to "Send. the :-r~ en there .!n

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The part.y started out blin~ to that; extent , found the village --- a normal, small , sleep'y English village ---- , and nobody knew anything about the scare . They reported t o the police station .and · wer~e . .tcild that a ·Canadian officer had c alled a few I!l:i.nutes . before, had picked up two of the local police ru"'ld had gone to F..1-'L.TWWICK FJ!..RM farther on . The party . thereupon -dashed into the ~_drive of the farm at 50 m.p .h. There they found Capto Chamberla:iJn and heard the story . I

Gapt. Chamberlain, Security Officer, 1 Cdn. Diu-., on an adv. party go ing ~§outh the dad before, .· had, with his party, ea:ptured a parachutis t "Who stated that h e had a mate -who had 1 instructions to repprt a·t HAPJJWICK FAlil\rl as soon as reaching ground o 1

i ,. Sentries were '-:posted around the far:r£J, area '<lii th the hope o_f taking --:the ·second parachut;ist

. should .he appear. _The farm was raided and four German youths and an Austrian wonam were l talcen .and handed -over· to .the pofuice. At another house on the farm, t wo .Dutc:h youths were J

taken arid also handed:~--over to the police • . All these had been in the country .. only a ·t .. ew ! - c:;~ .. ·~.P.-fl .. 1 .. __ ·_.'·. · moJ+t~s · an~ were under ' ~l1s~i.cion by the .police. -sentries watched both houses .. ·til~ ,.0200 . hrs .• ! ./ . _, __

'·2 Y Jul·. ; , :_~;vheri ···Brig~~ ' P,ric:e :.·;9~de_red the party back to · Q~mp .. :-to ·enebl'e. it to .. move ::.{~:i th the ~Gin)up.L · ,_- .... , .. ;·. :Local ·troons ,.,were -:found'> tO.Ntak~- over the ·wate:b. .. ·_ ·~ J~. :. · . " · : . '· ,·_: · ~~. · · ·<•-, · l,. ·1 · ;'~.-~.--.·-·.·.: __ ':·--;~_·_;_-_-.·.•~_:··.~.:..·_t_-:·-;_,_:_:~+.·.;_'' ...•.•..• -... ,· .- __ ·

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In the Field, 2 ' 0400 Reveille. South of Jul 1010 i Between Reveille and 1010 hrs. we made final preparations for our move to this cam.r). E.&ST RORSHifM

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40 We cleaned the c~p g~om1ds in Blemherum Palade park, but left all canvas and barracks stores in ,lace, by Bde orders.

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1055 : We got started in pfuenty of time, but ~an into the tail of the 9 Fd. lunb., thus delaying ' our passing the Bde S.P. by 11 minutes. More stopping by the ~onvoys ahead delayed us till : the first 20-minute hal~ at 1140 hrs. ll.fter that we · saw no mare e of the M:. T. ahead of us until we reached the road turning into this ~~~~. camping area. There we ran into some R.C.E. vehicles who had lost their way •

.At many placeB" along the route, people came out and gave us tea. Coming througn GUILDFORD we met a party of soldiers leading pack horses. These pack horsss were a curious sight in ! this age of motor transport, and they attracted the attention of the people on the ' sidewEiilks away from us •

. The most interesting incident in this trip vms the experience of

. the Prov. Sec. of our Bn. He was assigned to the I. 0. as a DeRo , ' behind the leading car, along with Sjt. Quinlan, of the Sigs. At a

from our camp in the Palace Grounds, the I.O. dir~cted Ernst to aet , rd junc.. · · · !

L/C:pl. Cedric Ernst, of and he rmde directly rd junc about two miles i as a guide at :;th.at 1

. .• . i ':: :. I He guided our convoy past that rd junc., then started for the head · of · our column. On the!

·way . for,vard, he met a R.C . M. P e v1ho ·waved him off to the right towards. READING; ;towards··:.whichi a uonvoy .. was moving. Thinking this was our convoy, Ernst hurried to . ~each the b.ead,. · ~nd · -, did not discover the mistake ~till about four miles from READTI-JG • . H~ then turned .. and \\~nt .· 1

back along this ·English convoy to where the ·R.C. M.P. ·was~~ · This · man then diredted -·Ern.st to . I follow ·the arrm~m to catch up to our convoy. He soon came to . a village just as schooL haS. .· I let out for noon .. There the arrow pointed left. Ernst turned .left and finally came to an : English ·Camp, where he learned that nq Canadian e-onvos,t had passed there that day. · ,VJhen he ) got back to the .·school, the kids .told -him that . they had ·moved the .arrow, . and ·that thE) :.. .. !

, Canadians had gone on st~~ight. ·· At the next corne;r-, a . Red Cap told him that a _ c~nad:i~~ · j .l Bonvoy had gone thFough ·cnere. Ernst ·once more tooK up the ·.traiill. of our convoy, ';but hl.S ,,, 1

i Mo -:. C.· ·ran out of gas, just -lift er .passing ,three Canadian· vehicles ·. , A Canadian :.·offic.e.r;:.rgave .. ·.·~· . !:•:.him :· a: ... cf'ari. :)of i:gas.•, t; arid ,.he ~:·r:estihlea· :hfi:( 'hlint •· At .. another ~ co:imerJ .. ~i.X'~To'aa·s ~met '~ . rrh.!IY'Eie"\'::R::;c.;N(P.;'r, ~-.. .. ·, ' ("llO. J ''\Vt· ~~·~-~~~:7~/l~M)OM1~ ;~;~~ · ~;L: -u ~~ . ~, .. c~~l~/;~ ~ .,· \ .. ,'.;i<.('·. ·.- ·:,., L;·· - ~·- ~···;~' -·':,·( , '\i<~ -· ...

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South of; Jul i gaqe him three different directions in which they alleged the convoy had gone. He tried one E~T 40 j road and learned that no convoy had passed there. 'iVhen he$. returned to the conner of the HORSLEY 1 six roada, he found Sjt. ~uinlan, who was also out of gas. ,So they went looking for gas

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and found some at a Canadian camp, but no information about the direction of our convoy. While at this camp where they got the gas, about fifteen R.C.A.s.c. vehicles of another Canadian wonvoy passed, and the two of our men followed them. Soon, however, these trucks stopped, and our t wo pilgrL~ found that the drivers !Of these vehicles were also lost. Q,uinlan and Ernst then left the R.C • .A.s.c. ve:ijicles and soon came to another R.C.M.P., v\rb.o , didn't know anythdmg useful; but he had a movement table from which Sjt. Quinlan learned that

I Z Groop was heading :eor .t'lERROW. So they headed for LE.ATHEPJIEAD, thus coming to ~vlERROW, and · ; there started following some Canadian trucks. Soon they were hailed by a teacher, who gave

them some cigarettes. Finally, they sav: a man from Bde FI.q,. whom they knew; but he didn't know where Z Gp was to camp. At long last they found a man from the Carlt. & York. R. who directed them to the West N. s. R. area. They- brought their wanderings to a close about 2100 hrs, when they reached H. Q,. Coy of our Bn "~Ni th both stomachs and gas tanlcs very empty.

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This '11-res a memorable day in our lives. First of all, the M.obile Bath Unit arrived and ~:JJ_ . starter operations at the crossroads just South of our camp. The Bn vms marched to the

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The second .big event was the letter from Bde announcing the res~ption of the 7-days_ leave. Ten per c-ent of $.}}~$ our strength are to be allowed · on leav-e at once~' _:;~1 leave had been cancelled when weS) were expected to go to Fz.!3-nce. · The ·resumpt:i.on of leave has brightened our outlook immensely. ·

A party of 40,men plus details for the butt party went to Short Siberia Range this mo~ing for rifle practiceo

Another party of 40 ~$$ went to the same range ~~##~Wt~~~~~ in order to keep the range employed all day.

I : 6 j 084.5! T"neC_.Oii!, r.o. and Sig. o. went -on an adv. recce. of -the ·w.AbHORST STATION -are.~. .This k .. Jul I i· area :has ·oeen selected at a "position of' readiness~' J:or···the ' \'Jes't'-Jr.;S;R~~ ana ··-attached -;tps.

··• · l '; 40 . · i. ! 'After ·a -.- lunch in :.tlle-c-loeal- pubs we locked over the area .- a.lid picled ·.·. t>tit ·· place~:<:for __ ;the . ; .. _·;'_~_;_._r:~---~-J,-·--·~ ,11' ·~:~:-_,_ -_. - i ·.aoys 'and sub ... groups ._of z Groope ,· -!l!arly ~in . the :afternoon. : w_e.} C~e .. t ;o ·a h'QSI?,it?-1 for . I

.. . ! · underp:t>.iv~leget;l X Ol;lildrl::m• . ·The ;matron ·t.ook us :.· in and ·:gave"'{:ue~1·1'i:~~·~rrtnd ·c;cook}{;;S :i:\From~·1ler , , .. ·· --i c:}l .;., 9-! '. ! we le<U"""ned ' that Brig. Price and the ~.M., had•,:been in. tnis ·":_area'-Aa.~ref:ldy, . and. :tnat · the.ir . ·t I "'; l

act±ons-. .and appearance ·v1ere , so suspic~ous that :the matron !uia ;:reporte_d them ·- t.o the ~ local 1 poliae·.. · Tlie o.~o • .- considered this a .great joke. · ._ ':-' _ ·.. <~·,';y;\ ·. _ _. /

· · ·The 'first le~ve party to take a 7.;.,days leave under the ~rie\v.~s~liem~ '; left 'this afternoon. ·j 7¥. tt~ T'ni-s party -consisted of 94 all ,ranks·p -anet ~ncluded - Gaptpi •. r:?,?f.*< -~afM.,i~l~r . 8.l1d L~~ :~eg~-·- r . I,

Postea. ' :at~eng'tn ::;;; ~ Officers --~-- ·!22 ''' · ,,.,~ .. ..:;;:: -t:r.J'-l:o:.::~\ - . . - · ... ,;,.,,f_;_~ .. ;~,:~:;.---.,:J . . .. _ ..... _ o. Ros 710 SUJ:'plus: one 'S/S.jt. __ J=i~ip.fQr_c·ement_s r_eq_uLreC!.: £ ;~4:r·_:_ IMv,t.11..C

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7 j 0845 i Ghurch para~es in the fiel~ a crocs t~s ~oa! froL Sn. E .~. Cam.p Jc..l ~1045

Sout!1 of r 40 ~~ Doe rr Cgull1ik 1Jver1t on les:ve tod.e..Jt, anC. b.i s 1"1e lief, Capt. ..., . ~ rp --,·q:) -··- b~ ~·· .ti1._1.r.~L~r

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Tb.e rest of the Dn v.•ers entertained t ·y a demonstration of ·::.ne performance of il- .Y. ~Ts.

Recce g:roops went out to look over th·3 area of tomorrow's t actical exerc.ise in the PRIORY grounds South of ~$1)~$$"$$'$ ~ v:;;;rrrLER'B::SAD. .Another party w·ent on a . route recce on the ameneed route to WAIJEUR.ST STATION.

This afternoon, the Bn less · the Q,.M/ and his staff, the cooks and a 7s1ce'reton _g11ar:d, went by H.T. to T".dE PRIO~Y grounds to carry out a tactiGral schene. The ;s.chei;lle supposed tha t J ·c.~b out-- 200 r:iarachut·e troo:ps·--h-ad l anded an:a.· occupied two small woods. Our Bn .was :"ordered- by 1

Bde to .mop them up. Our new Recce Sqn vms used .to locate the enemy and-,.]?in him do~r.n in the! t wo woods. "D", "C 11 and nBt! Coys acted as ucl~;J.:mps 11 to deny the parachutists. any avenue 1

of escape from the woods. nA" Coy was ordered to attack the enemy in the :':i.voods. · After 1

everyone vvas in posi tioh, "A11. Coy att9.cked the first wood \Vi-th two pls forward and one in i

reserve at ·1640 hrs. Then .the res pl attacked the second \Vood, which was:'ta <much smaller i . position. By 1715· both ob j euti -ves were taken. After the bugle has sou..>ided·,·~-"Cease ~Firing" i the Brig. held a ,conference to discuss the exercise., On the whole, . he ··v.ms)-w?ll .pleased,. . .·. 1! 1{ · f_ .

11 ... , . but he thought that ncn and , "D 11., Cqys had .closed in too close to the enemy.~ s .·"pbsitions .· . before -.c the attack v~'B.s · concTuCI .. ed. ·wt:/'. all returned '· tc) camp , in· ,a very :we't . .J~'Ei.iiv; storm. ··;:\ ,. ~:.

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07 30 ; Sixteen men from each CO';/ vo~ent to Long .Siberia Range to fire Bren guns. Lts. Smi tj e.nd Armand were in· charge of this party.

1330! The RoC.E. attached to Z Groop gave us a demonstration of the use of A. Tk. mines. I

Today the :men of the Bn were introduced to a new batlil.ing place --- the LIDO, the Municipal Bath of GUILDFORD. Parties of men were taken to the LIDO during the day.

We had another rainy afternoon today.

i This was an interesting day for us, in spite of the mud and damJ?,ness. In the first plac~,

e. message arrived from Bde stating that the censoring of mail f/.-.#1/:ff--j# by our ovm officers wil!Jbe discontinued effective 12 Jul 40i Still more satisfactory was the fiiv order permitting : free postage of letters and postcards from members of the C.A.SoF. in England to people : in Canada~ Both of these announcements gave rise to an unprecedented wave of letter writing during the evening. · '

m· • +-' ' =<' " 11 11 '' j!JI_ '- • 1 1 t ' ' ' · d t i · Cl..nen · l,n-·-.un~? - even1ng papers we ~ff::7f·fli.=r.::'lf: goti -c 1e seque . o our paracmne-cnas1ng a ven urel3

of the .nig~t 1/2 Jul -40. This · first martial ~exploit of ·our Bn has been reviewed by both J ~ -~~ Genera:J.. :Tronsides -and Minister of War, Antony ___ Edenl It -- appears, ,-acco~ding to the news . 1

story, that )vrr.·-;r. E. Florey, of HAP.D'NIGK FiL'RM, ·whose fam:l:ly and self were · detained $~:$ ! on sus _pie ipn ·o_f being Fifth Columnists, ., has visited the War Office to lodge a c o:mplaint General Iron~ides had already apologized to him, and assured him that the alleged damage caused by the :soldiers was being investigated. The news item tltated further that the "German Parachutist" whose confession led to the raid on the farm had turned out to be a deserter from·: the British army.

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Just who _y_aused . the da1-nage the farmer complained of, and who drank . up his liquor, is not · knmAJTI to the writer. It is certain, howev-er, that the detail from "C" Coy. are not the ~uil ty . men, ~-~. ?l ·.nothing was damaged while o\.1r men were there.

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Lt. Day gave the officers a lecture on comraunication between ground troops and air craft.

The c. o. attended a dinner and conference at Bde H.Q. Posted Strength: Officers 22 Reinforcements in officers required to re~~ace~~~ ll1

O. Rs. 707 Surplus one S/Sjt. P.S.Ms -- 3. Reinforcements requ~ree O.Rs 42 Major Berringer, our Q.M., ~;vith four N.CeOs. and 16m.men from the West N.S.R. and one ·

N.c.o. and 15 O.Rs. each from the R22eR and the Carlt. & York R., proceeded my M.T'? to ·r BLEI\1JIETivi PALACE grounds to strike canvas, fill in slit trenches, clean up tl1e grounds, and

return all stores to Ordnance.

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i ,Sjt. James '$ Johnson, our Technical Sjt., went todiay to MERCTIJ>.M where ~~ !:~"t$$$~$~$~$ i $$~$$~$$~$$$ he appeared before the Court W~rtial which was trying his case. Sjt. George .

·: Cur:phy went as escort for the :prisoner. The Court opened at 1030 and adjourned at 1115 hrs. ; ; The coUrt consisted of Major Reynolds, of the S.L.I., a Capt. of the Tor. Scottish and

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i a Capts of the 8 R.C.A. One Judge Advocate was present. Capt. PoH. Stehelin, our Adj., i :prosecuted and Major Allen Embree , S.L.I., defended. The offence was worded :-"An act j of indecent or unnatural kind with another male :person". The sentence, later :promulgated I through 1 Cdn Div Orders , was six months without fuard labour.

tl :~<--h),._? . -~---! ':0_400 Reveille. r- Ju1 l · 0430 Br~akfast.

_ · --·e· "- 'i .. 40 , j: . P6:Q~ :-~ _ 2 :_ ~~~~~$.. embuss,ed to g? on a Bde t~c-~_i_~_:_~-- ~~ercmse in t~~-- ~~c~ni ty of WYCH CROSS . __ 1 ~-J:. : · j ! · The ,Carlt. ·&York R., with att~qh'ed troops, · and .the R22R, with its attached troops !

_ ! 1 11 attacked~ .. thetf:·erierily and. ·drove _them b·acJs;, -\!Ari th .air· co-oper:ati·on. :,::.~- T"n_en . the West N .S .R. was j ~ 1L i called -upon at l50011rs -·and "attacked" . af·::l?OO .h:fs '"in co/op:eratio:ri ·with a Coy .of tanks. I

Owing to a · delay in the transmission .of mess~-" our Bn·' did not '.have time to really get =~_!1• Cj/. ~~-. t + • , .c> th t ID <'J.-G{J,dJd/J£<{!4/.Jd.t,ff.-;;1/.dfdiA.Al~ -· r!l/4.6'/.df'li.{!...1cJ.6'/d,61.!!1<1fA • " . 1 t d th • • h ' ln o ac vlon oe.!.!!:1re e a cs CTJJb~t"i?~ii"1>Js/il>}lilif-O;to'f{ll~, • ,. • 7iPlfo fo~t;i;~$.·otJ>(!},f(J.~" 7o c-om:p e e __ eJ.r JO..:. The Arty follmvecl to engage targets .as they appeared . The A. Tk . t:p supported "D" Coy, our left forward c oy. The recce t~ was ·held in reserve at Bde. ·

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In Ca.rnp South .of

EP..ST EOR3LEY

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18 Jul 40

19 Jul 40.

0230 1630

1500

The Bn returned to cam.:p from yesterday's tactical ;sxerc ise. The c.o. attended a conference at Bcle where the exercise V1'8.S discussed.

During the day parties of men v:re-::e taken for a swim in the LIDO •

This morning some of our men had their first chance to throw live bombs. The bom.'bing area is at an old q_uarr-,Y near the Carlt. & York R. x-rds. Before the bombing started, the local police were notifies, so the. t they could allay any fears of a raid_ among civilia ns.

Ppsted Strength : Officers -- 25o Coys vvere noved along tl1e road t.o nevv locations -o:vel~ -y- glad to esc~:tpe fron t11e rnuC1 in .scheir old tc to

Get dried out cloday. take advant~ge of the

Bla~kets g- ~eP+ ~.op~~ • • ' - ~·· u v '-'· u~ ,

fir·st sunsl1ine in

More '' rai11 - today. Little activity except digging the new l a trines ancl. sl:i t trenches _ made , nec;essa-ry-_;~by-" t-he<me\"'B-B----of--'--lo·~ations--¥es-ter-day.e ----

The Mob Bath Unit left our Bde ·--.area tode.y. A new Offic ers' Mess was . organized to•iay. 'This mess is- located at the he'itl '"c2Bn E •. Q. and

··Ji11 se:·-Fe offi c :~:r·s . of' 3~1 ·::::. ~.:.. D.ricl· 1t!:..n Go-;;". The of'f ic s:::·s of - r~c '' ariCi un~r Coys prefer to co11~ti1-:ue .ea tirJ.g in _·their OViJll lines o ~-

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INTELLIGENCE SUlVIIVIARY. (Erase heading not required).

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C]j.urch :parades.

Tl1e c.o. \Vent to Bde to atter.~.o~ c_ cor ... fe:~e11ce on the coffiir1g s~~ercise •:;it!~ 20 ;u:Lrld Bde.

Offic er·s ~rom each coy vven:; on 2.. :route :recce to '/J.d:)ITli.\3J:' 3T;,_TION . '

Lt. 3ecL, our T. c ., went to 3G.e P.:.~. fo:r..· ir:.stra~z.tions en tonorrow's HB =:::;;chslcn 11 scheme J /t;!"'.~A. :Lt-..Ir ~'ll__

Niore oom.bi::J.,; :2::r:actim-e in our l:o::n.L ing a.rea .

11apt. Oguln.ik retu1•ned to 9 Fcl .. ~b, of' which he will be Adj . Cu_pt. La turrJ.o, S8.l.'lle unit, is to be our !vi. 0.

of the I

The men of Z Group had a sing song tonight. It was organized by the 2 i/c, and the Y.M.C~A. representative.

Capt. i 9J·&~9

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P .. T • . for the vvhole: Bn under 'I!Joy · arr·angements. during the rest . of the day.

T"ne coys carried on a program of training 1

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The C ~0 • . and representatives from each of the coys and. Bn EJ:t, . 'rV~nt out on a recce of areas, .routes and pos.itions for a .large-:scale tactical exercise to :be ~ carried out next

Sa turde,y. On: that · dayljl :··''>'ie ·are to shift sides in the war: we are to act ,:,at·,· part of an invading German army and will "be fightiil.g .arear _guard action against 20, '.AJ.•md Bde.


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24 Ju.l 40

2.5 Jul ·

40

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Today the order came from Bde taking away our attached Arty and R.C.E. troops.

Our "B Eschelon", under Lt. Beck, went on a:1 exercise under Bde arrangements.

Representatives from all coys and Bn E.~. and attached troo];>s went to the area of our Saturday's battle with the tallies. 'Ne went to CRAWLEY, and dispersed to the various coy lines of retreat.

·-- · 0400 Reveille ·. 0700 The vvb.ole~ Bn less necessary guards embussed and moved -~o.f'.f --,down the hill en route to

! a de bus sing area a.11d concealed position · in the vicinity :or' ''FELBRIDGE. 111.5 ; All the troops are de bus sed and all M. T. under cover. -Th~ ~2 :i/ c , i.~li th only three guides,

! came out .tffihl# and ·picked out hiding places for man and vehic-les and guided the Bn from the ~- D. P o at i'ELBRIDGE. ' :J!. J!:I.LN, l

7PiTt17f ' 1300 · An . airplane flew over the ·area in which

i $~ as a method 0~ testing our concealment. r West N. s . . R. was the only unit .. in ·the Bde !- , ·camera-. 1 'r • "' r . ~·· , . . ,,, ..... . ; -,_ _ ;_ .···,. :;·

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the whole ::Bde ~vas hidden and took photographs 1!Vhen the ·ph_otographs were sent to .us, the

that did not: reve_(il its .po:Si tion to the

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In Camp : 40 j with our effo~ts at concealment. South o;f

EAST HORSLEY i The c.o. spent the day with 20 Armd Bde officers and the umpires for Saturday's battle. They went over the v,rhole area of the coming battle, and saw every position to be fought over. 9f ·~·j

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the umpires for tomorrm·v' s bat t~e v.Ji th the tanl-:s. The C, 0. explainsd to each group tlj. e ir dL;.ties 0!1 this scheme . Then the variou.::. groups dispersed tc' their separate areas , -:,..ru::,re they completed their recces. fo:r· the battle.

Tl1e by the

the 20

r~enLSt.irlder of the Bn i11 carn.p czarried 01~t~ a program of P. 2 i/ c in the morning , r.,i. th · s:po :r·~s i.n 'c!.e afternoo:::.

held a conference of all concerned to go over plans Armd 3deo

rr -. ' ~if l e drill,

for toruor-rovi' s battle

Posted Strength:-·· ·officers- ... 25 Reinforcements req_uired - 7!o $uYJ!a,-m;:::,. ! ~ ~~ ~~ <.

O.Rsw " 735 Surplus -- one S/Sjt.

: T~1e d.ci:r~: 11 1Jo.:ttl·e1t- .or;elie<.l ·,vitl":. t:.t:; ~:!J .!:_r~:nd_ B\1(:: 1~8.r~}~ll~ co~1·taGI . .. ~·vj.~~·l1 o-~· qoyt: G_.t, ·;.:l12t~c · 1

::_;o;:;j_·~ io:.cs on .-:th~ -- BT6w-ll " 1:iD:e E-t !?.bo'l~t ; CJO i:rs. The '' fighting" . ~continued furiousl!; _ .l . . our coys.·:,:~~vere ·out -~_,;:tnnoying the '! enemst" •· · . . . and . t.hen · w~~tndrew t •o ·thetr s~c~nd-': ·-<-r.~·:-~::,: ''· . .t:'·_. -~· ·' ·-:~;.·':·--·· ..

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at tacki~g piliatoo~s reabhsd the tridges sor,le erwr:1y car-riers v.:-hich at-t;eBpted. to

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In Camp South of

EAST EORSLEY

28 Jul 40

0930 i The Bn returned from it~ big battle weary but happyi There were no church par 2·1 ~ 3 todaYj, i

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,aad most of the Bn were clad ·to s pend the day resting.

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The C.O. vvent on his 7-d.e..ys leave, leaving the 2 i/c, Major Ernst, in command

The 2 i/c went fo Bde H.~. en route to a conference of C.O.s at Div. H.Q.

Capt. Millerw the I.O. and an I. private --- our Bn artist, Pte. J.H. Smith to TENTERDEN to carry out a recce of nev-; positions of readiness.

Bath parades today t o the Saint Teresa Convent.

The 2 i/ c held a conference -,vith the coy and pl comdrs field firing exercises.

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Place Date Hour

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Summary of Events and Infom1ation

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~~e::'e: 'but the~- 'Nere delayed OJ rainy weathGr . They "6'~re abl.e to T:tey have co::J.~leted t:~e i::atrike canvas only an jot·

three afternoo~s . The res t of the ti~e, rain or shine, they worke~ ~t fillin3 in Jl it :trenches an~ cleunirrc up the graunds.

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1~c1e . Durlng tl"le !s~ier.Llr.:.gs , tt~e ~art .. / re:=.1.1Inec.. -_,l~E'l~ J..lalsorl ··./Vl1:,.rL tt;.e Cl -cJ..ze~:s of .. \.:C,J~TOvf_ . in pubs, on tile street.s and at danc es. ~.:a jol' Berrirlger was shovm over the ?alace, Y-rhere r~e saw the tapestries in which ar9 vwven picture:: of the battles of the Duke of Marlto:rcug:1 . 9J .@4, Ee also saw the l arges t o&k tree in England. This is the t:eee in -Nhich Charles I ::.s s.lle,;e':: /

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0900

tc have hidden before he was captured. and beheaded by C:;,~orilv\'ell.

~he 2 i/ c and CO ;)' comdrs vJe:r.:.t on a :r ec ce of the area for tomorrow's tactical ezerc is e.

Ea~or Courtney, Capt. ~Iller and the I. O. went with other officers of 3 Cdn Inf Bde #/i#- to COLJ:S!-G.3CU::.\.., where Ca,;:Jt. Fordyce, our Bde I.O., gave us instructions in the art of uapiring tactical e:x:erc,i.ses.

The :rem.ainC.er of the Bn spent the day making a careful check of anti-gas ec;_uipment.

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