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    War Diary: 4 Coldstream Guards

    Month and year: June 1944

    The 4 Coldstream Guards June 1944 war diary covers the units time in England while base at Charing training in the Stone Street Training Area and the Brigade Workshop being hit by a V1 flying bomb.

    National Archive Reference: WO 171/1251

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    PlaceDateHourSummary of Events and Information
    CHARING.1-6Troops trained on The Stone Street Training Area.
    6D. day Everyone one was remarkably unmoved by the tremendous
    news and in fact some people even thought that the announcement
    was a hoax.
    Most of the next weeks were spent in loading and weighing trials
    14The Bde Commander inspected vehicles of the Bn loaded as for
    war.
    15The first night of which VI appeared over South East England
    in large numbers. They were regarded at first as being rather
    a joke. During the next week however large numbers of A.A. guns
    were moved init the area and rest was rather disturbed.
    24Bde workshops were hit by a pilotless aircraft causing a large
    number of fatal casualties. Volunteers from the Bn helped to
    clear up aand dig the communual grave.
    25Funeral for the victims at Bde workshops. Representatives of the
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    PlaceDateHourSummary of Events and Information
    Bn attended
    28The Bn informed the CO that it was ready to move.
    29Capt Farrell from the 3rd Scots Guards who went over to Normandy
    with HQ 30 Corps on D day and stayed there until D+15, gave
    all officers a very interesting account of the campaign bringing
    out valuable lessons.

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