| 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: 3 MON | ||
| Month and Year: March 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.G. Orr |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORNSEA | 2 | All Offrs attended conference at BRIDLINGTON on Exercise “Eagle” given by the Corps Commander. | ||
| 3 | Lt G.E. Gibbs and 10 ORs were attached to a unit of the American Army until 17 March 1944. A simliar party of Americans were attached to our unit. | |||
| 10 | Packing Demn on use of packing cases and loading of trucks given to QM, RQMS and Coy CQMSs by a Corps team. | |||
| 8-11 | Exercise Beverley 1V. Wireless Exercise. Adjt only took part. | |||
| 18 | Bn given further operational role – “Hull Assistance Group” | Appx “A” | ||
| 22 | Maj T.N.S. Reid proceeded on course to School of Inf, at Barnard Castle. Commencement of Exercise Frederick Uncle 1V (Bn moving South to ALDERSHOT area) | |||
| 22 | Adv Party under QM move off 0700 hrs. | Appx “B” | ||
| 22 | Exercise “York”. The King, Queen and Princess Elizabeth inspected 159 Inf Bde at DRIFFIELD aerodrome. | |||
| 25 | CO proceeded on leave. | |||
| HORNSEA | 27 | 0638 | Bn Main Party move by road to ALDERSHOT staging night 27/28 Mar at LUTTERWORTH and arriving ALDERSHOT 1800 hrs 28 Mar 44. | Appx “C” Appx “D” |
| 27 | Lt G.E. Gibbs appointed IO vice Lt G.E. Spooner. | |||
| 28 | Lt G.E. Gibbs proceeded to 'I' Course at MATLOCK for 8 days. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com.
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