21st Beach Recovery Section REME War Diary: July 1944
The 21 Beach Recovery Section July 1944 War Diary covers the unit's continued vehicle recovery work on Queen Sector under shellfire, its move via Luc-sur-Mer to Graye-sur-Mer to operate on Mike Red beach, and a detachment sent to join 24 B.R.S. for operations on the King/Love beaches.
National Archive Reference: WO 171/2961
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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Sector | 1 | Beaches still under shell-fire. No landings. Report from Navy to effect | I - A.F.W3008 | |
| that beaches will be closed. Stand-by crews and vehicles still manning | II - - A.F.W3009B | |||
| ROGER GREEN and QUEEN RED | ||||
| Luc-Sur-Mer | 2 | 1000 | 101 Sub Area (Beach) Conference regarding move of non-essential units in | |
| Ouistreham to Luc-Sur-Mer, Reccd of Luc-Sur-Mer. | ||||
| 3 | 1100 | Unit moves to Luc-Sur-Mer. | ||
| Requisitioned field and houses. Commenced programme of vehicle | ||||
| maintenance and re-equipment of men. | ||||
| 5 | 20 ton trailers delivered by No. 1 Rec Coy., R.E.M.E. | |||
| 6 | 1600 | Visit of ADME, 11 L of C Area HQ. | ||
| 7 | Orders for Detachment under Lieut. Law to join 24 B.R.S. for operation | |||
| on KING/LOVE, | ||||
| 8 | 0500 | Detachment of 3 B.A.R.V's, 3 D.8's, 3 Wheeled Vehs to 24 B.R.S. | III - - A.F.W3008 IV - A.F.W3009B | |
| 12 | Instructions to exchange D.8. Tractor for T.D.18 Tractor. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luc-Sur-Mer | 13 | Instructions for move of HQ and remainder of Section to move to Ver-sur-Mer | ||
| to operate on Mike Red with 22 B.R.S. O.C. Recces area. | ||||
| 14 | 0600 | Move to Graye-Sur-Mer. Unit comes under Command of 102 Sub Area(Beach) | ||
| Graye-Sur-Mer | 15 | Commenced operating on Mike Red. | V - A.F.W3008 VI - A.F.W3009B | |
| 17 | Exchange completed of D.8. Trator. | |||
| 21 | Recovery of D.8. Tractor of C.R.U. from Mike Red beach, made casualty by | |||
| exploding mine On beach. | ||||
| 22 | VII - A.F.73008 VIII - A.F.W3009B | |||
| 28 | Visit by ADME HQ 11 L of C Area in which OC requested return of Detachment | |||
| on KING/LOVE. | ||||
| 29 | IX - A.F.W3008 X - A.F.W3009B |
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