| 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: 83 Field Regiment | ||
| Month and Year: June 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. R.E.H. Hudson |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIELD | 4 | Loading Exercise | ||
| BWEF | 6 | D Day. Lieutenant Lester wounded when attached to 53 Airlanding Light Regiment Royal Artillery. | ||
| FIELD | 12 | Waterpoofing commenced. | ||
| 15 | Advance Party leaves for Marshalling Area. | |||
| 17 | Main Body leaves for Marshalling area. | |||
| BWEF | 20 | 330, 460 and portion Regimental HQ embarked on SS Port McPherson and SS A Frank Lever. | ||
| 21 | 329 Battery and portion Regimental HQ embarked on SS Samark. | |||
| 23 | Advance Party disembarks and arrived in Concentration Area. | |||
| 24 | Aconvoy containing Regiment less Advance Party sails from Southend Roads for France. | |||
| 26-27 | Regiment completed disembarkation. | |||
| 28 | Regiment goes into action near LES FIETTEES 7773. | |||
| 29 | Lieutenant EW Brett (302 298), Lieutenatn RWE Sparkes (308 058), and Lieutenant DW Usherwood (308 069) Posted to WE and 1st Rfts from Rfts Group. | |||
| 30 | Regiment moves and in action near BRETTEVILE L'ORQUEILLENSE 9273 to assist in consolidation of 8th Corps advance South West of CAEN. E and F Troop 460 Battery registered Defensive Fire Task at 1850 . First round from the Regiment to fall in enemy Territory. Regiment receives orders to be prepared to relieve 131 Field Regiment RA in front line. |
Source: ww2talk.com: War Diary: 83rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
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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