WO 171/352 - 30 Corps CRE - June 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: HQ 30 Corps Tps Engrs
Month and Year: June 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. R.E. Black RE

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
BRENTWOOD	1-2		Advanced HQ situated in S.8 conc area.
	3	1000	Marshalling within S.8 area.
	3	0900	CRE recce party embarked MT 12 SS Samvern.
PURFLEET	4	1300	Advanced HQ embarked MT 37.
	5		N.T.R.
	6		N.T.R. (wef H Hour 128 Br Coy & 23 Mech Eqpt Sect u/c CRE).
AT SEA	7	0600	Sailed.
	8	0700	Off NORMANDY coast.
	9		Remained on board MT 37 (CRE recce party landed).
	10	2200	Left MT 37 in L.C.T.
NORMANDY	11	1300	Beached – short wade – King, Red Beach.
	11	1420	Arrived Longfellow assembly area.
	11	1800	Joined CRE. Office opened.
	11	2145	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	12	1200	CE Op Order No 2 recd.
	13	1800	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	14	0830	Moved to new location MR 800763 (S of BAYEUX).
	14	1800	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	15	0001	280 Pnr Coy u/c CRE.
	15	1800	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	16	1800	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	17	0001	44 Pnr Coy u/c CRE.
	17	0001	280 revert u/c 2 Army.
	17	1800	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	18	0900	73 Fd Coy u/c CRE.
	18	1130	CE Op Order No 3 Ex. Implacable recd.
	18	1800	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	18	2330	30 Corps Tps Engrs Op Instruction No 1 issued.	Appx ‘B’
	19	1800	11 Fd Coy placed u/c CRE 7 Armd Div.
	19	1800	30 Corps Tps Engrs Sigs Instruction No 1 issued.	Appx ‘A’
	19	1930	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	20	1700	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	20	2200	CE Op Order No 4 recd.
	21	1700	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	22	1700	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	23	1730	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	24	1000	CE 30 Corps Admin Notes recd. Ex Dauntless.
	24	1730	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	25	1730	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	26	1730	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	27	1730	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	28	1200	11 Fd Coy reverts u/c CRE.
	29	1730	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	30	1730	CRE Coy Comds conference.
	30		NB. W.e.f. date of landing units u/c mainly employed in road maintenance.

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Source: Jeroen Niels, 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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