1st Tyneside Scottish December 1943 - Revision history

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−	'''2nd December 1943 ~~SOUTHWOLD~~.'''	+	'''2nd December 1943 [[Southwold]].'''

	Major D.N. Nicol assumed command of the Battalion.		Major D.N. Nicol assumed command of the Battalion.

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 Only a limited portion of the papers for this exercise were filed with the War Diary – these were the Administrative Instructions, the Movement Instruction to reach the Concentration Area and the trace of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area.
-''The diagram of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area is set out below from the War Diary file at The National Archives – this is also a useful guide to the make-up of the Brigade Group.  There is one error in the legend, which shows the Field Ambulance as 87 when it should be numbered 187.''
+''The diagram of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area is set out below from the War Diary file at The National Archives – this is also a useful guide to the make-up of the Brigade Group.  There is one error in the legend, which shows the Field Ambulance as 87 when it should be numbered 187.''  This page from the War Diary is used by permission of specialist staff at The National Archives.
-[[File:1_TS_War_Diary_December_1943_Exercise_Discover_Page_8.JPG|200px|thumb|centre|Map Trace of Unit Locations - Exercise "DISCOVER"]]
+[[File:1_TS_War_Diary_December_1943_Exercise_Discover_Page_8.JPG|500px|thumb|centre|Map Trace of Unit Locations - Exercise "DISCOVER"]]
 The papers containing the basis for the exercise were not included in the 1st Tyneside Scottish file but can be consulted in more depth within the [http://www.newmp.org.uk/70brigade/index.php/70th_Infantry_Brigade_War_Diary_December_1943. 70th Brigade War Diary].

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 Only a limited portion of the papers for this exercise were filed with the War Diary – these were the Administrative Instructions, the Movement Instruction to reach the Concentration Area and the trace of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area.
-''The diagram of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area is set out below from the War Diary file at The National Archives – this is also a useful guide to the make-up of the Brigade Group.''
+''The diagram of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area is set out below from the War Diary file at The National Archives – this is also a useful guide to the make-up of the Brigade Group.  There is one error in the legend, which shows the Field Ambulance as 87 when it should be numbered 187.''
 [[File:1_TS_War_Diary_December_1943_Exercise_Discover_Page_8.JPG|200px|thumb|centre|Map Trace of Unit Locations - Exercise "DISCOVER"]]

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 ''The diagram of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area is set out below from the War Diary file at The National Archives – this is also a useful guide to the make-up of the Brigade Group.''
-[[File:1_TS_War_Diary_December_1943_Exercise_Discover_Page_8.JPG|200px|thumb|centre|Mar Race of Unit Locations - Exercise "DISCOVER"]]
+[[File:1_TS_War_Diary_December_1943_Exercise_Discover_Page_8.JPG|200px|thumb|centre|Map Trace of Unit Locations - Exercise "DISCOVER"]]
 The papers containing the basis for the exercise were not included in the 1st Tyneside Scottish file but can be consulted in more depth within the [http://www.newmp.org.uk/70brigade/index.php/70th_Infantry_Brigade_War_Diary_December_1943. 70th Brigade War Diary].

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	''The diagram of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area is set out below from the War Diary file at The National Archives – this is also a useful guide to the make-up of the Brigade Group.''		''The diagram of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area is set out below from the War Diary file at The National Archives – this is also a useful guide to the make-up of the Brigade Group.''
		+
		+	[[File:1_TS_War_Diary_December_1943_Exercise_Discover_Page_8.JPG\|200px\|thumb\|centre\|Mar Race of Unit Locations - Exercise "DISCOVER"]]

	The papers containing the basis for the exercise were not included in the 1st Tyneside Scottish file but can be consulted in more depth within the [http://www.newmp.org.uk/70brigade/index.php/70th_Infantry_Brigade_War_Diary_December_1943. 70th Brigade War Diary].		The papers containing the basis for the exercise were not included in the 1st Tyneside Scottish file but can be consulted in more depth within the [http://www.newmp.org.uk/70brigade/index.php/70th_Infantry_Brigade_War_Diary_December_1943. 70th Brigade War Diary].

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-st Battalion Tyneside Scottish
+'''2nd December 1943 SOUTHWOLD.'''
-War Diary December 1943
-−
 nd December 1943 SOUTHWOLD.
 Major D.N. Nicol assumed command of the Battalion.
-th – 8th December 1943
+'''6th – 8th December 1943'''
 Exercise “DISCOVER” was held.  The supporting documentation for the exercise was filed with the War Diary – for details see below.
-th December 1943
+'''10th December 1943'''
-Exercise “BAKER” was held – this was a Field Firing Exercise to practise the Company in the Attack, with the support of Tanks, Artillery and Mortars.  No supporting documentation appears to have survived about this exercise.
+Exercise “BAKER” was held – this was a Field Firing Exercise to practise the Company in the Attack, with the support of Tanks, Artillery and Mortars.  ''No supporting documentation appears to have survived about this exercise.''
-th – 11th December 1943
+'''10th – 11th December 1943'''
-A visit was made to the battalion by the Divisional Commander.
+A visit was made to the Battalion by the Divisional Commander.
-th December 1943
+'''11th December 1943'''
 Lt Col A.J.H. Cassels re-assumed command of the Battalion.
-th December onwards
+'''11th December onwards'''
 Company training and specialist courses were held – Signals, Medical, Intelligence, Motor Transport and Pioneer.
-rd December 1943
+'''23rd December 1943'''
-Christmas Orders of the Day were issued by Major-General E.H. Barker C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. and Brigadier P.P. King.
+Christmas Orders of the Day were issued by Major-General E.H. Barker C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. and Brigadier P.P. King.  ''No copies of the Oders were filed with the War Diary.''
-th December 1943
+'''24th December 1943'''
-Christmas Greeting were sent to Her Majesty the Queen (Colonel in Chief of the Black Watch), General Sir Arthur Wauchope (Colonel of the Regiment), Colonel J.R. Hall (Honorary Colonel of the Battalion) and the Officer Commanding the Queen’s Barracks, PERTH.
+Christmas Greetings were sent to Her Majesty the Queen (Colonel in Chief of the Black Watch), General Sir Arthur Wauchope (Colonel of the Regiment), Colonel J.R. Hall (Honorary Colonel of the Battalion) and the Officer Commanding the Queen’s Barracks, PERTH.
-st December 1943
+'''31st December 1943'''
 Lt Col A.J.H. Cassels left the Battalion to take up another appointment.
-Appendices attached to the 1st Tyneside Scottish War Diary for December 1943.
+'''Appendices attached to the 1st Tyneside Scottish War Diary for December 1943.'''
-Exercise “DISCOVER”.
+'''Exercise “DISCOVER”.'''
 Only a limited portion of the papers for this exercise were filed with the War Diary – these were the Administrative Instructions, the Movement Instruction to reach the Concentration Area and the trace of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area.
-The diagram of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area is set out below from the War Diary file at The National Archives – this is also a useful guide to the make-up of the Brigade Group.
+''The diagram of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area is set out below from the War Diary file at The National Archives – this is also a useful guide to the make-up of the Brigade Group.''
-The papers containing the basis for the exercise were not included in the 1st Tyneside Scottish file but can be consulted in more depth within the 70th Brigade War Diary.
+The papers containing the basis for the exercise were not included in the 1st Tyneside Scottish file but can be consulted in more depth within the [http://www.newmp.org.uk/70brigade/index.php/70th_Infantry_Brigade_War_Diary_December_1943. 70th Brigade War Diary].
 The Administrative Instruction set out that the RASC were supplying 16 3-ton lorries to the Battalion as Troop Carriers.  Companies were told to accommodate the RASC Drivers and Motorcyclists accompanying the vehicles.  Almost all the Battalion’s own vehicles were to be loaded with their full War Loads for the purposes of the exercise.

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		+	1st Battalion Tyneside Scottish
		+	War Diary December 1943

		+	2nd December 1943 SOUTHWOLD.

		+	Major D.N. Nicol assumed command of the Battalion.
		+
		+	6th – 8th December 1943
		+
		+	Exercise “DISCOVER” was held. The supporting documentation for the exercise was filed with the War Diary – for details see below.
		+
		+	10th December 1943
		+
		+	Exercise “BAKER” was held – this was a Field Firing Exercise to practise the Company in the Attack, with the support of Tanks, Artillery and Mortars. No supporting documentation appears to have survived about this exercise.
		+
		+	10th – 11th December 1943
		+
		+	A visit was made to the battalion by the Divisional Commander.
		+
		+	11th December 1943
		+
		+	Lt Col A.J.H. Cassels re-assumed command of the Battalion.
		+
		+	11th December onwards
		+
		+	Company training and specialist courses were held – Signals, Medical, Intelligence, Motor Transport and Pioneer.
		+
		+	23rd December 1943
		+
		+	Christmas Orders of the Day were issued by Major-General E.H. Barker C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C. and Brigadier P.P. King.
		+
		+	24th December 1943
		+
		+	Christmas Greeting were sent to Her Majesty the Queen (Colonel in Chief of the Black Watch), General Sir Arthur Wauchope (Colonel of the Regiment), Colonel J.R. Hall (Honorary Colonel of the Battalion) and the Officer Commanding the Queen’s Barracks, PERTH.
		+
		+	31st December 1943
		+
		+	Lt Col A.J.H. Cassels left the Battalion to take up another appointment.
		+
		+	Appendices attached to the 1st Tyneside Scottish War Diary for December 1943.
		+
		+	Exercise “DISCOVER”.
		+
		+	Only a limited portion of the papers for this exercise were filed with the War Diary – these were the Administrative Instructions, the Movement Instruction to reach the Concentration Area and the trace of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area.
		+
		+	The diagram of the Unit locations within the Concentration Area is set out below from the War Diary file at The National Archives – this is also a useful guide to the make-up of the Brigade Group.
		+
		+	The papers containing the basis for the exercise were not included in the 1st Tyneside Scottish file but can be consulted in more depth within the 70th Brigade War Diary.
		+
		+	The Administrative Instruction set out that the RASC were supplying 16 3-ton lorries to the Battalion as Troop Carriers. Companies were told to accommodate the RASC Drivers and Motorcyclists accompanying the vehicles. Almost all the Battalion’s own vehicles were to be loaded with their full War Loads for the purposes of the exercise.
		+
		+	The number of men taking part in the exercise was to be limited to the Battalion’s War Establishment.
		+
		+	Detailed arrangements were set out for rations and meals. The Order of March for the Battalion set out the detailed make-up of seven vehicle groups – lead by the Carrier Platoon.

	To contact the author by e-mail with any queries, or to send information - [mailto:70brigade@newmp.org.uk click here].		To contact the author by e-mail with any queries, or to send information - [mailto:70brigade@newmp.org.uk click here].