Difference between revisions of "70th Brigade Workshop Company - April 1944"
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| − | Unit visited by Commander 30 Corps and Commander 49 Infantry Division. | + | Unit visited by Commander [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXX_Corps_(United_Kingdom) 30 Corps] and Commander 49 Infantry Division. |
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| − | Unit with 70 Infantry Brigade Group inspected by H.M. King George VI. | + | Unit with 70 Infantry Brigade Group inspected by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI H.M. King George VI]. |
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Latest revision as of 10:49, 20 March 2017
1 April 1944 Brandon, Suffolk.
AF W 3008 and 3009. Appendices 1 and 6.
8 April 1944
AF W 3008 and 3009. Appendices 2 and 7.
11 April 1944
Exercise BUMP commenced.
15 April 1944
Unit visited by Commander 30 Corps and Commander 49 Infantry Division.
AF W 3008 and 3009. Appendices 3 and 8.
17 April 1944
Exercise BUMP ceased.
21 April 1944
Unit changed to Field Pay accounting system.
22 April 1944
AF W 3008 and 3009. Appendices 4 and 9.
The Field Return of Officers showed that all six were present with the Unit but that a new Operations Officer was in post – replacing Captain Gregory – this was Captain W. W. Laidler, RAOC, who had taken up post on 15/4/1944.
The Field Return of Other Ranks indicated a strength of 181 men against the 184 establishment with three reinforcements required and three sergeants surplus to the establishment – again linked to a shortage of Staff Sergeants.
27 April 1944
Unit with 70 Infantry Brigade Group inspected by H.M. King George VI.
30 April 1944
AF W 3008 and 3009. Appendices 5 and 10.
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