War Diary: 12th Devonshire Regiment

Month and year: October 1944

During the 12th Bn Devonshire Regiment October 1944 war diary the unit is stationed at Bulford in Wiltshire. Some of the unit moved to Okehampton to take part in field firing exercises.

National Archive Reference: WO 171/1279

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Place	Date	Hour	Summary of Events and Information	References to Appendices
	7		Strength Returns of Officers & ORs rendered to GHQ 2nd Ech	"A"
	14		" " " " " " " " " " "	"B"
	19	1000	G.O.C 6 Airborne Div addressed the Bn at BULFORD
	20		Bn Ex "RANVILLE"
	21		Strength Returns of Officers & ORs rendered to GHQ 2nd Ech	"C"
	28		" " " " " " " " " " "	"D"
	29		Bn (less R.Coy, Atk Pls, Pioneer Pl) moved to OKEHAMPTON, Devon
			for field firing ex.
	31		Field Firing Ex "OKEY" at OKEHAMPTON Field Firing Range.
	1/31		Coy and Pl training.

BULFORD, Wilts

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War Diary: 12th Devonshire Regiment

Month and year: October 1944

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