WO 171/906 - 3 Army Group RA - September 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 3 Army Group RA
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig F.C.F. Cleeve DSO, MC

Place	Date	Hour	Summary
AILLY	1	0900	CAGRA and BM leave on special assignment to locate and report on flying bomb sites.
AILLY	2		3 AGRA less 13 and 59 Med Regts has now been deprived of most of its load carrying tpt to assist in maintaining adm services to fwd tps. A further Arty pl has to-day be formed and will report to Amiens to-morrow.
LA CROIX	3		HQ 3 AGRA moves to more suitable location
ST LEUFROX	5		(et seq) Regts occupied in marching PW's to cages, organizing cages and guarding PW's, also harvesting.
ST LEUFROX	9		3 AGRA Adm Order No. 19
ST LEUFROX	16		3 AGRA Adm Order No. 20
ST LEUFROX	20		Orders from First Cdn Army for move of HQ 3 AGRA with under comd 67 and 72 Med, 59 Hy (less one 155mm bty), one med regt from 8 AGRA (146 Med), 52 Hy less two btys from 5 AGRA, to area SW of Ghent in Belgium
ST LEUFROX	23	0800	HQ 3 AGRA leaves LA CROIX. Arrives area CARVIN, NE of ARRAS and stages night 23/24.
NOKERE	24	1200	HQ 3 AGRA est at NOKERE J 029626. Areas recced for a regts. Fwd HQs est as per att location statement.
NOKERE	27		3 AGRA Adm Order No. 21
NOKERE	29		Revised location statement
NOKERE	30		20/59 Hy Bty(155mm) moves to J 261095 to bombard shipping in FLUSHING harbour.

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Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Rob Vogels.

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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