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1st KOSB WAR DIARIES

THURSDAY

27 January 1944

131 DAYS TO D-DAY

PREPARING FOR D-DAY

WD CHECKED ✓

LOCATION

Selkirk

SCOTLAND

WAR DIARY, 1st KOSB

Capt. G. E. Instone M.M. lectured on escape from a German P.O.W. Camp to all Officers W.Os. and Sgts. at STOBS.


Spectators for Exercise FIZZLE left this evening for the north. They will be spectators at 185 Br. Inf. Bde. Exercise. *We have prepared a report on Exercise FIZZLE using the Official War Diary Appendices. "In January 1944 the 3rd British Infantry Division was training hard in the north of Scotland for the assault landings it would make on D-Day. Exercise FIZZLE was a full divisional assault landing exercise on the Moray coast at Burghead, carried out by the troops of 185 Infantry Brigade with full naval gunfire and artillery support" more...

UNDER WAY

EXERCISE FIZZLE

Officers watch 185 Bde's assault landing at Burghead · 27–29 Jan 1944

Gordon Eric Instone wrote a book on his escape exploits called, 'Freedom The Spur'. Image from WW2Talk

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