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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penny Pot. | 1 | Brigade Major and Staff Captain leave for LONDON to join the Divisional | ||
| 180509 1"-1 mile | Planning Staff. Rear details party remain at PENNY POT moving to the | |||
| Sheet 97 | CHINE HOTEL, BOSCOMBE, Bournemouth on the 12th March. | |||
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| CTC Inveraray | 1 - 2 | Training carried out by battalions on landing craft and scrambling nets. | ||
| 3 | The Brigade Commander leaves for the Bde Planning Staff, London. | |||
| 4 | Training continues. | |||
| 5 | 69 Brigade Adm Order No 3 issued. | Appendix 'A' | ||
| 6 | Lectures and instructional films throughout the Brigade. | |||
| 7 | Capt D.K. SOUTAR, Royal Corps of Signals, appointed Bde Signal Officer vice | |||
| Capt N. Webber, Royal Corps of Signals. | ||||
| 8 | Bde Signal Exercise carried out at ARDNO BEACH (LOCH FYNE) | |||
| 9 | Preparations and embarkation for exercise ARDNO. | |||
| 10 | Exercise ARDNO carried out by Bde Gp. | Operation Order by CTC | ||
| 69 Inf Bde Movement Instruction No 1 issued. | Appendix 'B' |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTC | 11 | Road party leaves for training concentration area, Bournemouth. | ||
| Inveraray | 12 | Rail party leaves for training concentration area, Bournemouth. | ||
| 13 | 2000 | Bde HQ established CHINE HOTEL, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH. Locations of | ||
| sub units - 5 East Yorks - Queens Park, West Drive, Boscombe. | ||||
| 6 Green Howards - Burlington Hotel, Owls Road, Boscombe. | ||||
| 7 Green Howards - Linden Hall Hydro, Boscombe. | ||||
| Chine Hotel | 14 - 16 | Normal training throughout the Brigade. | ||
| Boscombe | 17 | Brigade Commander returns from the Planning Staff and visits all Bns. | ||
| 18-23 | Normal training throughout the Brigade. Training areas allotted to each | |||
| Bn in the New Forest Training Area. | ||||
| 24 | Brigade Commander holds briefing conference in the model room for | |||
| exercise SMASH 1 attended by unit commanders. | ||||
| 25 | The Brigade Planning Staff leaves LONDON and is established at the | |||
| ROYAL HOTEL, WEYMOUTH. | ||||
| 27 | I.O. attends Air Support Play at 30 Corps HQ |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events and Information | References to Appendices |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chine Hotel | 28 | Exercise CONQUEROR'. Brigade Commander, BM, IO, and Signal Officer | ||
| Boscombe | attend. The exercise was held in the UNION, CAMBRIDGE and the officers | |||
| lived in Trinity College. All aspects of the operation OVERLORD were | ||||
| discussed. | ||||
| 30 | BM and Signal Officer return to Main Bde HQ. | |||
| 31 | Warning order received for 69 Bde Gp to move to new location on the 6th | |||
| April. Advance party of US Force arriving Boscombe on the 1st April. |
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