GS Branch 23rd (Northumbrian) Division 1940.

In addition to the GS Branch War Diary itself, and the narrative summary set out in the dated sections, the file contains two sets of papers related to 1st Tyneside Scottish over the crucial period of mid-May 1940. These are detailed and will be found documented under the War Diary of that Battalion. They are especially important because of the absence of the conventional War Diary forms, but also because of the apparently strong disagreements over the accuracy of the accounts rendered in them.

It is possible that these two documents are the material on which historians have have based their accounts of what occurred - particularly to 70 Brigade - over that key period and, as such, they deserve close examination, but with an appreciation of the purpose for which they were written, and by whom.

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