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1st KOSB WAR DIARIES

BATTALION WAR DIARIES

1944 - 1945

The War Diary was the Battalion's official day-by-day record: where it was, what it did and who was hit, with orders, maps and reports added as appendices.

Each diary is transcribed in full, with the original wording and spellings kept and corrections in brackets.

THE DIARIES

January 1944 – August 1945

WAR DIARY

JAN-JUN

1944

PREPARING FOR D-DAY

Training in Scotland and on the South Downs, from the landing rehearsals to the marshalling camps.

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Scotland & the South Downs · Britain

WAR DIARY 

JUN–SEPT

1944

NORMANDY

From the D-Day landing to the advance to the Seine. These pages are still on our original Normandy site.

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Normandy · France

WAR DIARY

SEP 44

May 45

NORTH-WEST EUROPE

Belgium, Holland and into Germany, to the end of the war in Europe.Belgium, Holland and into Germany, to the end of the war in Europe.

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Belgium, Holland & Germany

WAR DIARY

JUN-AUG

1945

AFTER VE-DAY

Dealing with POWs and displaced persons in the aftermath of the War. Regimental duties in Germany.

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Germany

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