1st Tyneside Scottish August 1944 - Revision history

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 '''8th August 1944 [[Demouville]]'''
-:30 hours.  The first Company moved to take over from 1st/4th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sannerville SANNERVILLE] 1367.
+:30 hours.  The first Company moved to take over from 1st/4th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at [[Sannerville]] 1367.
-:30 hours.  SANNERVILLE
+:30 hours.  [[Sannerville]]
 By this time Battalion HQ was established in the new location and Companies had also completed the take-over.
-th August 1944 SANNERVILLE
+th August 1944 [[Sannerville]]
 :30 hours.  Brigade sent out an unconfirmed report that area LE PETIT FORT was clear of enemy and asked for a patrol to be sent out to verify this.
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 :30 hours.  Battalion HQ was stonked by mortars but only one casualty was caused.
-th August 1944 SANNERVILLE
+th August 1944 [[Sannerville]]
 During the early morning, the Battalion area was shelled and mortared.  This lasted for nearly two hours and one carrier beside Battalion HQ was set on fire, but was dealt with by a party from Battalion HQ under the Intelligence Officer.
-'''11th – 14th August SANNERVILLE'''
+'''11th – 14th August [[Sannerville]]'''
 The Battalion remained in the same location having a comparatively quiet time apart from the occasional stonks by the enemy mortars.
-'''12th August 1944 SANNERVILLE'''
+'''12th August 1944 [[Sannerville]]'''
 :00 hours.  Regimental Sergeant Major D. Sands was found lying outside a slit trench, having been accidentally shot by Sten.  He died shortly afterwards.
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 A reconnaissance patrol was sent out – the report was attached to the War Diary at Appendix G.
-'''15th August 1944  SANNERVILLE'''
+'''15th August 1944  [[Sannerville]]'''
 :00 hours.  A warning order was received for a reconnaissance patrol of fighting strength to go out to LE PETIT FORT as the enemy were suspected to be withdrawing but probably not in this sector.

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 :45 hours.  A warning order was received to be prepared to move to the area of LE TORP 1555.
-LE TORP was to be the assembly area for the Battalion, from which it was to advance to high ground to the NORTH of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9zidon-Canon MEZIDON].
+LE TORP was to be the assembly area for the Battalion, from which it was to advance to high ground to the NORTH of [[Mezidon-Canon]].
 :30 hours.  The Battalion started to move forward, one Company being carried on S Company vehicles, the remainder being ferried in the Battalion’s three-tonners.
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 Later, the assembly area was changed to LE MESNIL 1953 and Battalion HQ reached there at 17:30 hours.
-A Company pushed on from there towards MEZIDON 2455, meeting no opposition.
+A Company pushed on from there towards [[Mezidon-Canon]] 2455, meeting no opposition.
 An Orders Group was held at which orders for the Battalion were given.  Its task was to hold boundaries 251563 – A and D Companies to establish themselves on the EAST side of the River DIVES and B abd C Companies on the WEST side.
-:40 hours.  D Company moved position in armoured troop carriers supplied by 49th Division Reconnaissance Unit.  They debussed at railway position 235551 and moved through MEZIDON, clearing the town as they went.  Very little resistance was met.
+:40 hours.  D Company moved position in armoured troop carriers supplied by 49th Division Reconnaissance Unit.  They debussed at railway position 235551 and moved through [[Mezidon-Canon]], clearing the town as they went.  Very little resistance was met.
 At 20:30 hours the Battalion HQ moved up.  Advance Battalion HQ moved to 221531 and the Main HQ to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magny-la-Campagne MAGNY LA CAMPAGNE] 2152.
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 Ten Prisoners of War from 7th, 9th and 10th Companies of the 858th Grenadier Regiment were brought in during this period.
-'''17th August 1944 MEZIDON'''
+'''17th August 1944 [[Mezidon-Canon]]'''
 :00 hours.  Two French refugees were brought in who reported that the enemy were withdrawing and from this time onwards mortaring slackened off.
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 During this period, the Intelligence Officer was killed and five Officers wounded, six Other Ranks killed and 52 wounded.
-'''18th August 1944 MEZIDON'''
+'''18th August 1944 [[Mezidon-Canon]]'''
 :45 hours.  A warning order was received to be prepared to move as the Battalion was being withdrawn and the 10th DLI were moving up.

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-'''1st - 8th August 1944 DEMOUVILLE'''
+'''1st - 8th August 1944 [[Demouville]]'''
-The Battalion remained in the reserve position at DEMOUVILLE until the morning of the 8th August.  During this time we were not in contact with the enemy, and so activity in the Battalion area was confined to enemy mortarings, shelling and aircraft activity – all of which is included in the Intelligence Log in detail.
+The Battalion remained in the reserve position at [[Demouville]] until the morning of the 8th August.  During this time we were not in contact with the enemy, and so activity in the Battalion area was confined to enemy mortarings, shelling and aircraft activity – all of which is included in the Intelligence Log in detail.
 In spite of the mortaring and shelling we did not incur any casualties during these eight days.  This was partly due to the slackening of enemy fire due to our counter-battery activity and to the effectiveness of the overhead protection.  The Brigade Commander had also been very firm about minimum movement by day in the position, and therefore men were even more kept underground most of the time.
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 As the Division was holding a fairly extended front at this time there was tendency for gaps to appear, and the object of this patrol was to fill the gap between 70 Brigade and 147 Brigade.  The patrol was never engaged in any great activity, but did report from time to time movement in front.  The patrol, being on 24 hour duty, had to have blankets, supplies and plenty of ammunition reserves and was therefore more in the nature of a small isolated outpost.  An interesting feature was the number of communications which the patrol had to maintain – no fewer than three lines and three separate wireless links.
-'''6th/7th August 1944  DEMOUVILLE'''
+'''6th/7th August 1944  [[Demouville]]'''
 On this night the Division put out nine co-ordinated fighting patrols to obtain identification, but this did not provide any of them.  Unfortunately, one of these, which went through our standing patrol, hit an enemy minefield, and casualties were caused.
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 A letter from the Brigade Commander at about this time on Operational Discipline was attached to the War Diary for information as Appendix C.
-'''7th August 1944  DEMOUVILLE'''
+'''7th August 1944  [[Demouville]]'''
 For over a week there had been little activity in the CAEN sector and most of the fighting in the CHERBOURG and BREST peninsulas.  On this day there opened the first attack by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Canadian_Army 1st Canadian Army] – of which we were part – in this sector.
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 A feature of our life in this new sector was the trouble which was caused by a minor plague of mosquitoes.  These caused everyone a lot of irritation and a number of men were bitten very badly.  Mosquito cream was made a general issue and anti-gas ointment no. 5 was found to be a great deterrent also.
-'''8th August 1944 DEMOUVILLE'''
+'''8th August 1944 [[Demouville]]'''
 :30 hours.  The first Company moved to take over from 1st/4th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sannerville SANNERVILLE] 1367.

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 :00 hours.  Major-General Barker , the General Officer in Command of the Division, addressed all Officers, Warrant Officers and Sergeants and expressed his regrets that the break-up had to take place, especially as the Battalion had done so much good work.
-A harbouring party left for the new location at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnay FRESNEY] 9249.
+A harbouring party left for the new location at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresney-le-Vieux FRESNEY] 9249.
 '''21st August 1944 CAUVIGNY'''

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 Lt Col D.N. Nicol, Major K.P. Calderwood, Captain R. Dempster, Captain W.G. Brennan, Lieutenant N.G. Wykes, Lieutenant W.J.H. Irwin, Lieutenant J.N.R. Hoare, Lieutenant T. Armstrong, Lieutenant R.D.Lindsay and 164 Other Ranks posted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders].
-Major D.C. Mirrielees, Captain R.W. Barr, Lieutenant D.R.V. Crockett, Lieutenant J.W. Murray, Lieutenat D.E.Salisbury and 101 Other Ranks posted to 5th Black Watch.
+Major D.C. Mirrielees, Captain R.W. Barr, Lieutenant D.R.V. Crockett, Lieutenant J.W. Murray, Lieutenat D.E.Salisbury and 101 Other Ranks posted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch_(Royal_Highland_Regiment) 5th Black Watch].
 Major W.K. Angus, Captain R.J. Gelston, 2/Lieutenant O. Shanks and 57 Other Ranks posted to 7th Black Watch.
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 '''28th August 1944 FRESNAY'''
-Brigade Commander 70th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier Cooke-Collins called to say goodbye to Major Walton and the Adjutant before leaving for the UK on indefinite leave.
+Brigade Commander 70th Infantry Brigade, Brigadier Cooke-Collis called to say goodbye to Major Walton and the Adjutant before leaving for the UK on indefinite leave.
 Mortar Course finished.
 To contact the author by e-mail with any queries, or to send information - [mailto:70brigade@newmp.org.uk click here].

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 '''7th August 1944  DEMOUVILLE'''
-For over a week there had been little activity in the CAEN sector and most of the fighting in the CHERBOURG and BREST peninsulas.  On this day there opened the first attack by 1st Canadian Army – of which we were part – in this sector.
+For over a week there had been little activity in the CAEN sector and most of the fighting in the CHERBOURG and BREST peninsulas.  On this day there opened the first attack by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Canadian_Army 1st Canadian Army] – of which we were part – in this sector.
-:00 hours.  Although not actively engaged in the attack on the FALAISE road positions we saw the very heavy attack by 1000 Halifax and Lancaster aircraft.  We were in fact issued with cotton wool plugs for our ears but when the attack came off we found that we were too far away to be deafened by the noise of the exploding 4000lb bombs.
+:00 hours.  Although not actively engaged in the attack on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falaise,_Calvados FALAISE] road positions we saw the very heavy attack by 1000 Halifax and Lancaster aircraft.  We were in fact issued with cotton wool plugs for our ears but when the attack came off we found that we were too far away to be deafened by the noise of the exploding 4000lb bombs.
 :50 hours.  A stick of six bombs fell between Battalion HQ and S Company HQ.  There were no casualties.  It is not known whether these were dropped by our own aircraft or by an enemy sneak raider tailing on behind our own bombers.
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 '''8th August 1944 DEMOUVILLE'''
-:30 hours.  The first Company moved to take over from 1st/4th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at SANNERVILLE 1367.
+:30 hours.  The first Company moved to take over from 1st/4th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sannerville SANNERVILLE] 1367.
 :30 hours.  SANNERVILLE
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 th August 1944 SANNERVILLE
-:30 hours.  Brigade sent out an unconfirmed report that area LE PETIT PORT was clear of enemy and asked for a patrol to be sent out to verify this.
+:30 hours.  Brigade sent out an unconfirmed report that area LE PETIT FORT was clear of enemy and asked for a patrol to be sent out to verify this.
 :00 hours.  A patrol of Platoon strength was sent out from C Company.
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 :45 hours.  A warning order was received to be prepared to move to the area of LE TORP 1555.
-LE TORP was to be the assembly area for the Battalion, from which it was to advance to high ground to the NORTH of MEZIDON.
+LE TORP was to be the assembly area for the Battalion, from which it was to advance to high ground to the NORTH of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9zidon-Canon MEZIDON].
 :30 hours.  The Battalion started to move forward, one Company being carried on S Company vehicles, the remainder being ferried in the Battalion’s three-tonners.
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 :40 hours.  D Company moved position in armoured troop carriers supplied by 49th Division Reconnaissance Unit.  They debussed at railway position 235551 and moved through MEZIDON, clearing the town as they went.  Very little resistance was met.
-At 20:30 hours the Battalion HQ moved up.  Advance Battalion HQ moved to 221531 and the Main HQ to MAGNY LA CAMPAGNE 2152.
+At 20:30 hours the Battalion HQ moved up.  Advance Battalion HQ moved to 221531 and the Main HQ to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magny-la-Campagne MAGNY LA CAMPAGNE] 2152.
 At 21:20 hours the Battalion HQ again moved up.  Advanced Battalion HQ moved to 249561 and Main Battalion HQ to 243556.
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 :45 hours.  A warning order was received to be prepared to move as the Battalion was being withdrawn and the 10th DLI were moving up.
-At 09:30 hours the Battalion commenced moving back and by 12:00 hours the Battalion was established around CAUVIGNY 2254-2255.
+At 09:30 hours the Battalion commenced moving back and by 12:00 hours the Battalion was established around [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauvigny CAUVIGNY] 2254-2255.
 During the night 18th/19th August there was intermittent shelling of the area by long range guns.  There was one casualty.
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 :00 hours.  Major-General Barker , the General Officer in Command of the Division, addressed all Officers, Warrant Officers and Sergeants and expressed his regrets that the break-up had to take place, especially as the Battalion had done so much good work.
-A harbouring party left for the new location at FRESNEY 9249.
+A harbouring party left for the new location at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnay FRESNEY] 9249.
 '''21st August 1944 CAUVIGNY'''
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 '''23rd August 1944 FRESNAY'''
-Major J.R. Alexander, Captain L.A.H. Mackenzie and tweleve Other Ranks were posted to 2nd South Wales Borderers.
+Major J.R. Alexander, Captain L.A.H. Mackenzie and tweleve Other Ranks were posted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales_Borderers 2nd South Wales Borderers].
 '''24th August 1944 FRESNAY'''
-Lt Col D.N. Nicol, Major K.P. Calderwood, Captain R. Dempster, Captain W.G. Brennan, Lieutenant N.G. Wykes, Lieutenant W.J.H. Irwin, Lieutenant J.N.R. Hoare, Lieutenant T. Armstrong, Lieutenant R.D.Lindsay and 164 Other Ranks posted to 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
+Lt Col D.N. Nicol, Major K.P. Calderwood, Captain R. Dempster, Captain W.G. Brennan, Lieutenant N.G. Wykes, Lieutenant W.J.H. Irwin, Lieutenant J.N.R. Hoare, Lieutenant T. Armstrong, Lieutenant R.D.Lindsay and 164 Other Ranks posted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders 7th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders].
 Major D.C. Mirrielees, Captain R.W. Barr, Lieutenant D.R.V. Crockett, Lieutenant J.W. Murray, Lieutenat D.E.Salisbury and 101 Other Ranks posted to 5th Black Watch.