1st Tyneside Scottish June 1940

War Diary 1 TS June 1940

Captain BURR’s Report, as annotated by Lt. Col. SWINBURNE.

1st to 7th June 1940

On the 1st June the Tyneside Scottish moved to Arena Camp, TIDWORTH, where they stayed until the 7th when they moved to Scarne Cross Camp, LAUNCESTON.

12th to 18th June 1940

All ranks left LAUNCESTON to go on leave, returning to OKEHAMPTON on the 18th.

By this time it was possible to form some idea of what had happened to the Battalion on 20th May 1940.

It was found that only about 130 had got back to England, including the 73 who had been with Captain Burr, who, being the senior surviving Officer, assumed command of the Battalion until the 22nd of June, when he handed over to Major Oxley, who, that day, reported back to duty from a Course.