| 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: 7th Bn The Seaforth Highlanders | ||
| Month and Year: June 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. E.H.G. Grant, M.C. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOVE | 1 | 1800 | O Gp personnel at Bn HQ Conference | |
| HOVE | 2 | Pipes and Drums played RETREAT. | ||
| HOVE | 3 | Routine. | ||
| HOVE | 4 | Routine and I.O. at Bde Conference. | ||
| HOVE | 5 | Routine Normal. | ||
| HOVE | 6 | C.O. held Coy Comds Conference. | ||
| HOVE | 7 | Bde River Crossing Ex. Bde Pipes and Drums played RETREAT. | ||
| HOVE | 8 | Routine Normal. | ||
| HOVE | 9 | Corps Commander at Bn HQ. Div Comd at Bn HQ. Bde Comd at Bn HQ. | ||
| HOVE | 10 | Routine Normal. | ||
| HOVE | 11 | 1140 | Vehicle Party left for Marshalling Area. Bde Church Parade. | |
| 12 | 1000 | Vehicle Party arrived Marshalling Area. | ||
| HOVE | 12 | Marching Party left for Marshalling Area. Marching Party arrived at Marshalling Area 1300 hrs at FAIMAR. | ||
| 13 | Vehicle Party at 30 minutes notice to move to London. | |||
| FAIMAR | 14 | Marching Party of Bn in Marshalling Area. | ||
| 15 | Vehicle Party left London for embarkation area. Marching Party at Marshalling Area. | |||
| SHOEBURYNESS | 16 | 1800 | Veh Party sailed for France 1400 hrs. C.O. held conference on ship. Marching Troops sailed from Newhaven at 2330 hrs. | |
| FRANCE | 17 | Marching Party of Bn disembarked and marched to Concentration Area at St Gabriele. | ||
| St. GABRIELE | 18 | Marching Troops of Bn in Concentration Area. | ||
| St. GABRIELE | 19 | Marching Troops of Bn in Concentration Area. | ||
| St. GABRIELE | 20 | Marching Troops of Bn in Concentration Area. | ||
| St. GABRIELE | 21 | Marching Troops of Bn in Concentration Area. | ||
| St. GABRIELE | 22 | 0225 | Marching Troops of Bn in Concentration Area. C.O. left ship for Conc. Area. | |
| St. GABRIELE | 23 | 1100 | C.O. arrived at Bn HQ. Veh Party commenced disembarkation. | |
| St. GABRIELE | 24 | Vehicle Party arrived at Bn Area. | ||
| St. GABRIELE | 25 | 2230 | C.O. held O Gp on Operation Gaunt. | |
| 25 | 0730 | Bn left Concentration Area for night march up to front line. | ||
| 26 | Bn went into action near Secqueville en Bessin and advanced during day to Cheux. Main objective not reached. | See Appdx 'A' | ||
| 26 | Casualties: Killed 1 Offr, 6 ORs. Wounded: 3 Offr, 40 ORs. | |||
| CHEUX | 27 | 1900 | 'D' Coy attacked main objective successfully. | See Appdx 'B' |
| 27 | Bn relieved and moved to rear of Cheux to reorganise. At 2300 hrs Bn received orders to advance at 0500 hrs on 28-6-44. | |||
| 27 | 0500 | Casualties: Killed 2 O.Rs. Wounded: 14 O.Rs. | ||
| CHEUX | 28 | Bn moved up into action. 1100 hrs 'A' Coy gained their objective. | See Appdx 'C' | |
| 28 | 1230 | Casualties: Killed: 2 Offrs, 10 ORs. Wounded: 1 Offrs, 61 ORs. Missing: 2 ORs. | ||
| 29 | Enemy attacked strength approx 1 Coy supported by 4 Mark IV Tanks. Three of the tanks were knocked out of action with P.I.A.T. fire and the fourth was destroyed by 6 Pdr A/Tk Gun. Enemy Infantry were driven off successfully. C.O. and 2 i/c wounded. Major C. Blair, M.C. took over Command. | See Appdx 'D' | ||
| 29 | Casualties: Wounded: 4 Offrs, 10 ORs. Missing: 2 Offrs, 4 ORs. | |||
| 30 | Enemy section seen but did not attack also 1 enemy tank seen about 700 yards distant. The type of tank could not be identified. Enemy Inf strength approx. 2 sections attacked Bn position but were driven off and casualties inflicted. | See Appdx 'E' | ||
| 30 | Casualties: Killed: 9 ORs. Wounded: 14 ORs. Missing: 14 ORs. |
Source: The War Diaries of the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division June 1944 - May 1945.
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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