1st KOSB WAR DIARIES

"Lt. King, our platoon officer, produced an aerial photograph which showed a group of houses clustered around a T-junction at the entrance to Troarn." A patrol of 3 men would be led by Lt. King to recce this junction. "We looked at each other with something akin to dismay and wondered whether we would survive."

Victor Campbell, 1st KOSB. From Monty's Ironsides P.80

*Lt. King would be wounded 4 days later.

"We did not remain long in Plumetot. On the night of the 15th July we left in lorries for the Ranville area across the River Orne, to take over from units of the 6th Airborne Division, which had been there since D-Day.

Owing to the darkness the move was difficult and it was pitch dark when we arrived at our destination, we were then told that we must dig in quickly so as to be completely under cover by daylight. The earth was as hard as iron and full of flints, so that after an hour's hard spade-work even the horniest hands were bleeding. By the time that dawn came we were very tired and driven almost crazy by swarms of large mosquitoes".

WIG Wilson, A Short History of the 1st Bttn KOSB in North West Europe

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