1st KOSB WAR DIARIES

1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORMANDY

Sunday, 10 September 1944

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NORMANDY

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START LOCATION

ETREPAGNY

FINISH LOCATION

ETREPAGNY

WAR DIARY

SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION

Sunday. The day was given over to recreation.

In the afternoon a soccer match between the Bn and the local French team attracted a large attendance. The Pipe Band performed before and after the game.

The GOC3 Br Inf Div was a guest for lunch.

In the evening a Bn Dance was held in the local hall.

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES

Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books

From 9th Infantry Brigade War Diary for 10th September:

Bde Comd SC and G3 attended the football match between 1 KOSB and Union Sportive d'Etrapagny in the Stadium at Etrapagny. It was a glorious afternoon and the crowd numbered about 1,000 excited French folk and a lesser number of soldiery. The pipe band of 1 KOSB coerced everyone into a good mood by their excellent piping, following which the team of 1 KOSB thoroughly drubbed an enthusiastic but very amateur French football team. At the end of the afternoon the state of entente cordiale was extremely high in Etrapagny.

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