WO 171/607 - 6 Guards Tank Brigade - July 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: 6th Guards Tank Brigade
Month and Year: July 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brigadier G.L. Verney, M.V.O.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
B.L.A.	20		We were told that assembly areas were abolished and that two Transit Camps were being established to serve the two beaches (GOLD and JUNO) on which the Bde were going to land. These were recced and the routes from the beaches were marked. Bds H.Q. arrived, having left on July 17 and spent two nights in the Marshalling Area and one night at sea. The beach sub-area organisation for disembarkation was non-existent. No C.M.P. guides were provided and the job of guiding disembarking units to the Concentration area entirely devolved on the small Adv party. Several vehs inevitably went astray and an aged Frenchman was heard to say to a Guardsdman “Où est le Bloody Scots Gds?”

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.

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