1st KOSB WAR DIARIES

1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORMANDY

Tuesday, 11 July 1944

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NORMANDY

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START LOCATION

CAEN

FINISH LOCATION

PLUMETOT

WAR DIARY

SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION

The Bn left CAEN for rest area with the pipers playing.

The advance party left early in the morning for an area round PLUMETOT, the main body moving out later by Companies after handing over to a Canadian Unit.

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES

Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books

We've built a separate page for the Caen attack in our 'Battles' section if you would like to see more info, pics, maps and videos > CAEN

"ON July 11th the battalion moved out of Caen up the D7 past Mathieu to a village a short distance away called Plumetot, where we had our first rest period since we landed 5 weeks before".

1st KOSB Veteran, Jeff Henderson

9th Infantry Brigade War Diary

Bde posns handed over to 8 Cdn Bde and Bde withdrawn into rest area based on PLUMETOT for rest and refitting after 35 days continuous action. 2 LINCOLNS reverted to comd 9 Brit Inf Bde, 2 KSLI to 185 Inf Bde.

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