1944 - 1949
The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB WAR DIARIES
1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORMANDY
Wednesday, 28 June 1944
D +
22
NORMANDY
WD CHECKED ✓
START LOCATION
CAMBES
FINISH LOCATION
>
CAMBES
WAR DIARY
SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Bn prepared for operation ABERLOUR. A section of the Carrier Pl was sent with tanks to help 8th Bde attack. The above operation was later cancelled.
Intermittent enemy shelling during the day caused four casualties at 'A' Echelon area. Two of these were fatal.
Five prisoners were sent in from E.Y. (*Probably 2nd Bttn East Yorkshire Regiment)
ALTERNATIVE SOURCES
Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books
Please contact us if you have any information regarding this date. Thank you.
CASUALTIES ON THIS DAY
Click a name to open their page
WOUNDED ON THIS DAY
WIA
Photo | Name and Rank | Service No | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Pte H. V. Iles | 4751117 | Possibly wounded by enemy shell fire | |
Pte F.J.S. Cook | 5501025 | Possibly wounded by enemy shell fire | |
Pte Kenneth Owen | 3194630 | Possibly wounded by enemy shell fire | |
Pte Robert Alcorn | 3196610 | Wounded by enemy shell fire (steel splinters from mortar) |
PHOTO AND MAP CREDITS
Map:
War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide
Photo:
Men of the 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment take cover behind a bank as an enemy shell explodes nearby, Normandy, France, 19 July 1944. By Christie (Sgt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit. *The man in the centre, with rifle, is Pte George Affleck, Pioneer Corps. He was 42 years old and blind in his right eye from an injury he received while serving with the Green Howard's in India in the 1920s. Info from George's Grandson - Gary.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//39/media-39114/large.jpg This photograph B 7683 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24489532