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The 20th Armoured Brigade August 1944 war diary covers the units advance from Villiers-le-Sec, Lasson, Epaney, Lisores ending the month at Bose Yves
National Archive Reference: WO 171/628
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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VILLIERS-LE-SEC. | 1st, 2nd | ) NTR | ||
| 3rd, 4th | ||||
| 5th | 30 Armd Bde Op Order No8, Op Instr No.9,Admn Instrs to Op Instr No.9. Field Return Serial No.16. | |||
| 6th | Bde HQ (Main) moved to LASSON Sheet 7F 9674 leaving Bde HQ (Rear) at VILLIERS-LE-SEC, Sheet 7F 8980. | |||
| LASSON | 7th | Conference of Adjts at LASSON held by BM. Bde Staff attended. | ||
| 8th | 30 Armd Bde Summary No.1 Op TOTALISATOR. | |||
| 9th | Bde HQ (Rear) joins Main HQ at LASSON | |||
| 30 Armd Bde Summary No. 2 -Op TOTALISATOR | ||||
| 30 Armd Bde Op Instrs No.10. 30 Armd Bde Adm Instrs No.10. | ||||
| 10th | Tac HQ 30 Armd Bde consisting of Bde Comd, Brigadier N.W. Duncan, RACSO - Major G.C. Bogle, Lieut E | |||
| and Lieut J. Myers RCS., moved to Second Cdn Corps area at HUBERT - FOLIE Sheet 7F 0562. | ||||
| 30 Armd Bde Op Order No.11. 30 Armd Bde Adm Instr to Op Order No.11. | ||||
| 11th | 30 Armd Bde Summary No.3. | |||
| 12th | 30 Armd Bde Summary No.4. 30 Armd Bde Field Return, Serial No.17. | |||
| 13th | 30 Armd Bde Op Instr No.12. 30 Armd Bde Adm Instr to Op Instr No.12. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 5. | |||
| 15th | 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 6. | |||
| 16th | Tac Bde HQ moved with 2 Cdn Corps from HUBERT-FOLIE to BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE Sheet 7F 0552. | |||
| 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 7. 30 Armd Bde Op Instr No. 13. 30 Armd Bde Adm Instr to Op Instr No. 13. | ||||
| 17th | 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 8. 30 Armd Bde Op Instr No. 14. 30 Armd Bde Adm Instr to Op Instr No. 14. | |||
| 18th | 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 9. | |||
| 19th | 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 10. 30 Armd Bde 117/4/4115/A - Subject; Re-Org. Tac Bde HQ moves with 2 Cdn | |||
| Corps from BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE to EPANEY Sheet 7F Ref 155407. Field Return Serial No. 18. | ||||
| 20th | New Instrs on War Diary recd by this HQ from War Office. In future HQs will keep War Diaries by "G" and | |||
| A/Q Branches. Tk states etc will be included in the daily Op Summary which will therefore in future | ||||
| contain all the necssary infm reqd for the 'G' Branch War Diary. 30 Armd Bde Summary No. 11. | ||||
| EPANEY | Main Bde HQ joined Tac HQ at 7F/155407. Line communications through 2 Cdn Corps unsatisfactory. | |||
| 21st | 30 Armd Bde Op Instr No. 15. 30 Armd Bde Adm Instr to Op Instr No. 15. 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 12. | |||
| 'B' Sqn 141 RAC comes in sp I (BRIT) CORPS (See Op Instr No. 15). Bde Comd visited 7 Armd Div. | ||||
| A' Sqn W Dgns, 'C' Sqn W Dgns in sp II (BRIT) Army Res. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22nd | N.T.R. | |||
| 23rd | 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 13. Decided to move HQ to keep up with II (Cdn) Corps. See letter on Moves (attil) | |||
| 8F/497668 | 24th | 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 14. 30 Armd Bde Bde HQ closed at 0900 7F/155407 and opened at 8F/497668. | ||
| 25th | 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 15. N.T.R. Bde Comd saw G.O.C. re allocation with view to requirements | |||
| across SEINE. | ||||
| 26th | Field Return Serial No. 19. 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 16. | |||
| 27th | N.T.R. 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 17. 30 Armd Bde Op Instr No. 16. | |||
| 28th | 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 18. Tac HQ moved to 8F/497668. See 28/4554/G att. Planning commenced | |||
| I(BRIT) and II(CDN) Corps Ops on LE HAVRE and DIEPPE. The following promised allocations made:- | ||||
| DIEPPE (FUSILADE) 1 LOTHIANS, 6 ASLT REGT RE, 'A' SQN 141 RAC. LE HAVRE (ASTONIA) 22 DGNS, | ||||
| 42 ASLT REGT RE, 'B' SQN 141 RAC. | ||||
| 8F/973926 | 29th | Main Bde HQ joined Tac Bde HQ at 8F/973926. 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 19. 30 Armd Bde Op Instr No. 17. | ||
| 30 Armd Bde Trg Directive No. 10. 22 Dgns, 1 Lothians, 141 RAC less 'B' & 'C' Sqns conc area 9F/1490. | ||||
| 30th | 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 20. 30 Armd Bde Op Instr No. 18. 30 Armd Bde 17/4/4551/A Re-org 30 Armd Bde, | |||
| 31st | Tac Bde HQ moved to 9F/265080-See 28/4743/G att. 30 Armd Bde Op Summary No. 21. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - 26 | NTR | |||
| LISORES | 27 | 0900 | Church Service given to HQ and Sigs Sqn by Rev D. C. (CFIV) | |
| 28 | 1300 | Visit by DAAG 79 Armd Div to discuss surpluses now held within Bde, Decided | ||
| to post all surpluses to 264 Special Del Sqn as soon as possible. | ||||
| BOSE YVES | 30 | 0930 | Considered essential by Comd that regts must be given every facility for | |
| picking best men available to fill WE and that personnel should be exchanged frequently with 1st rfts in order to effect this. | ||||
| " | 30 | 1530 | Visit by DA&QMG and CRASC 79 Armd Div to discuss future ops and sups of | |
| 6 and 42 Aslt Regts RE. Considered that it was advisable to place two regt pls of 109 Coy RASC under comd 502 Coy RASC to sup these regts and | ||||
| that these pls should proceed to area 502 Coy RASC fortwith. | ||||
| " | 30 | Letter re-org | 117/4/4551/A | |
| " | 31 | B Regt Pl 502 Coy RASC crossed R SEINE with 1 Lothians and A Sqn 141 RAC. | ||
| It consisted of 29 Task vehs which were loaded as follows 15 Pet 8 Amn 3 FTF and N2 and 3 sups. Their load was considered adequate to sup units | ||||
| concerned unless abnormal demands were made. | ||||
| " | 31 | 1900 | ADMS visited HQ to stay 2 days in order to visit units in the field |
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