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War Diary: 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

Month and year: Febuary 1944

The 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry February 1944 war diary covers their time at Thetford carrying out training.

National Archive Reference: WO 171/1292

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Place Date Hour Summary of Events and Information
Summary. Nearly the whole of this month has been devoted mainly to pl and individual trg. Coys have
carried out night exercises once a week. A Bn Cadre for young offrs, junior NCOs, and selected ptes has
also been held.
Feb 1 Bn moved by rd to RIDDLESWORTH CAMP, nr THETFORD. The Bn left at 1000 hrs and arrived at RIDDLESWORTH at
1600 hrs.
THETFORD, Feb 2 The day was spent in settling down in the new camp.
Feb 3 Individual and pl trg continues among all coys.
Feb 7 A Bn Cadre run by lt. J. G. Dent commenced for young offrs, junior NCOs and selected ptes. They were
instructed in the following duties - Light inf drill, duties of an NCO, discipline, principles, of battle
drill, mine trg, and crossing of obstacles.
Feb 15 C-in-C 21 Army Gp, Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery, K.C.B., D.S.O. visited the 70 Inf Ede and addressed the
whole Bde. The object of his visit was for him to see as many offrs and men of the 70 Inf Bde as
possible.
Feb 17 Each rifle coy carried out a field firing exercise in the STANFORD BATTLE AREA. Each coy had two
detachments of 3" mortars and one sec carriers. Instrs are att Appendix "A"
Feb 18 Div skeleton exercise PONTOON started today. This Bn was represented by the C.O. and the I.O. The object
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Place Date Hour Summary of Events and Information
THEtFORD. Feb 18 (cont). of the exercise was to practise the higher staffs in the execution of orders for a river
crossing attack.
Feb 21 1130 Exercise PONTOON finished.
Feb 22 The Bm carried out an M.T. drive by night. The distance covered was about 20 miles. The object of
the drive was to practise the dvrs in night driving, the police in route marking, and the dvrs
in cross country driving without lights.

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