1944 - 1949
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1st KOSB WAR DIARIES
1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORMANDY
Friday, 11 August 1944
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SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION
An attack towards TINCHEBRAY by 3 Br Inf Div with Gds Armd Div on the left and the 2nd US Div on the right started at 0900 hrs. 9 Inf Bde was in reserve and the Bn remained in its area at 4 hrs notice to move.
Towards the end of the day it became apparent that the 8th and 185 Inf Bdes had not got on as far as they had expected owing chiefly to mines and the difficult nature of the bocage country.
By the evening 185 Inf Bde were definitely held up by strong enemy MG and Mortar positions on Hill 312 6929. The Bn received a warning order that it would have to attack this the next morning if it had not yet been taken.
ALTERNATIVE SOURCES
Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books
We have built a more detailed report on the actions around Vire and Vaudry here
On the 11th the remainder of the Division, together with the Guards Armoured Division, passed through for the attack on Tinchebray and we enjoyed the sunshine and warmth, while listening to the subdued roar of battles in which we were no longer involved. At the time we did not realise it, but already we were beginning to be left out of the great pursuit which was now sweeping the broken remnants of the German armies towards the Seine.
WIG Wilson's - A Short History of The First Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers in North-West Europe
CASUALTIES ON THIS DAY
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KIA
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PHOTO AND MAP CREDITS
Map:
War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide
Photo:
Soldiers from the 2nd US Infantry Division and 3rd British Division's 9th Brigade (1st KOSB) share slit trenches and gun positions in the 'bocage' near Le Pont du Vaudry
IWM video - here