70th Brigade Workshop Company - March 1944

3 March 1944 Brandon Suffolk.

Unit returned from Exercise REMEDY.

4 March 1944

AF W 3008 and 3009. Appendices 1 and 2.

11 March 1944

AF W 3008 and 3009. Appendices 3 and 4.

The Field Return of Officers contained only Major Collings and Captain Phillips from the Return dated 1 January 1944 – the other Officers listed then having presumably been posted elsewhere. On this occasion Captain Phillips was on leave.

Added to the Officer strength were :-

L. Clarke, REME Workshop Officer, joined 8/1/1944.

H. Corthorn, REME Workshop Officer, joined 8/1/1944.

A Duthie, REME Workshop Officer, joined 8/1/1944.

E. Gregory, RAOC Operations Officer, joined 8/3/1944.

At this time, both Clarke and Gregory were on leave.

Unit vehicles proceed to GREAT YARMOUTH on waterproofing tests with Brigade Group.

16 March 1944

Admin. conference at HQ 49 Infantry Division.

18 March 1944

AF W 3008 and 3009. Appendices 5 and 6.

Waterproofing trials.

25 March 1944

AF W 3008 and 3009. Appendices 7 and 8.

The Field Return of Other Ranks showed 182 men against the War Establishment of 184, with 16 men surplus and two reinforcements required.

Waterproofing trials.

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