1st KOSB WAR DIARIES

1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORMANDY

Tuesday, 27 June 1944

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NORMANDY

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WAR DIARY

SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION

Apart from enemy shelling, which caused four casualties, three fatal, nothing of importance to report.

The Padre held his usual Family Worship in the R.A.P. in the evening.

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES

Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books

The Reverend Victor Leach, Padre of 13th/18th Royal Hussars, handing out cigarettes to troops at Hermanville-sur-Mer, 7 June 1944. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205205834

9th Infantry Brigade War Diary

On June 27th the Bde Comd held an ‘O’ Gp and issued orders for Operation ABERLOUR, which, following an operation by 8 Br Inf Bde, was to take the Bde forward as far as the road CAEN - BAYEUX. The operation was to begin at 0600 hrs 28 June. 8 Br Inf Bde, however, encountered far stiffer opposition than had been anticipated and their success was so limited that orders were received cancelling our own operation.

WAR DIARIES

Preparing for D-Day

Normandy Jun - Sept 44

North-West Europe

Post War

CASUALTIES ON THIS DAY

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DIED ON THIS DAY

KIA

RANK	First Name	Surname	Service Number	AGE	Memorial
Private	GORDON	OAKES	5511658	20	LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Private	THOMAS WILLIAM	WHITE	14200293	21	LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Private	JOHN	MORRISON	3191931	25	BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Private	RUPERT GEORGE	LOGAN	3967324	28	LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

WOUNDED ON THIS DAY

WIA

Photo	Name and Rank	Service No	Notes
	Pte H. R. Brown	14211054	Possibly wounded by enemy shell fire
	Pte C E Dobson	2764427	Possibly wounded by enemy shellfire

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War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide

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