1st KOSB WAR DIARIES

1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORMANDY

Thursday, 20 July 1944

D +

NORMANDY

WD CHECKED ✓

START LOCATION

SANNERVILLE

FINISH LOCATION

SANNERVILLE

WAR DIARY

SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION

Enemy continued shelling and mortaring during the day.

Heavy rain and thunder continued from afternoon onwards making conditions very difficult for everyone.

Contact was made with 2 Lincolns after their move to our Right flank.

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES

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WAR DIARIES

CASUALTIES ON THIS DAY

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DIED ON THIS DAY

KIA

Photo	RANK	First Name	Surname	Service Number	AGE	Memorial	Grave Marker
	Lance Corporal	FREDERICK	SHAW	7018861	22	BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
	Serjeant	GEORGE	WALSH	3244702	34	LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

WOUNDED ON THIS DAY

WIA

Name and Rank	Service No	Notes
A/Sgt. J. H. Brownlee	3192434	Possibly wounded in attack on Troarn.
Pte T Buckley	869894	Possibly wounded in attack on Troarn.
Lt L.W. McKay	264660	Possibly wounded by enemy shell fire in Sannerville but remained at duty.

PHOTO AND MAP CREDITS

Map:

War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide

Photo:

Sannerville Church present day By Roi.dagobert - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29533161