70th Brigade Workshop Company - August 1943
It is not clear whether a page of the War Diary is missing, or whether there were no entries for the first half of August 1943.
17 August 1943 East Kilbride.
Unit left location to move to EAST ROGERTON CANP, EAST ROGERTON, LANCASHIRE.
23 August 1943 East Rogerton.
Unit personnel, G1098 Equipment, Vehicles and Administration inspected by IREME, Major General Valance.
25 August 1943 East Rogerton.
08:30 hours. Move to Concentration Area Exercise COHEN.
15:30 hours – Milton. Arrive Concentration Area Exercise COHEN.
18:40 hours. Operation instruction received.
19:35 hours. Warning Order received. Administration Group will move to Divisional Administration Area not before 09:00 hours 26 August.
23:59 hours. Weather for past 24 hours – morning, heavy rain, afternoon, bright.
26 August 1943 Milton.
07:10 hours. Received orders to move to Divisional Administration Area.
08:30 hours. Left Concentration Area for Divisional Administration Area.
09:00 hours. Passed Start Point.
10:00 hours Mains. Arrived location Divisional Administration Area OS 1” 83/868364.
12:20 hours. Workshop in operation.
17:55 hours. Warning Order – Administration Group will move area GREENOCKAUM.
19:10 hours. Warning Order – CREME moved to new location at 21:30 hours.
23:59 hours. Movement Order – workshop to move to new Divisional Administration Area to pass Start Point 02:00 hours.
Weather past 24 hours – bright and sunny.
27 August 1943 Mains.
01:00 hours. Workshop closed and prepared to move to new location.
02:00 hours. Head of column passed Start Point.
04:40 hours – Wellwood. Unit arrived new location WELLWOOD OS 1” 78/161482.
08:00 hours. Workshop in operation.
08:30 hours. Workshop visited by DDME 1 Corps.
23:59 hours. Weather past 24 hours – morning, sunny – afternoon – slight rain.
28 August 1943
08:50 hours. Warning Order – Administration Group will move area CARLUKE, NOT before 13:00 hours 28 August.
11:00 hours. Movement Order – Workshop to move new location Divisional Administration Area.
11:00 HOURS. Workshop closed for move.
13:15 hours. Workshop left old location.
15:50 hours – CRANLEY. Workshop arrived new location CRANLEY HO 73/417685.
23:59 hours. Weather past 24 hours – bright followed by heavy rain.
29 August 1943
11:00 hours. Exercise COHEN concluded, Unit returned to location.
30 August 1943 East Rogerton.
2/Lt Pearce and 2/Lt Phillips joined unit.
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