1944 - 1949
The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB WAR DIARIES
1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORMANDY
Friday, 25 August 1944
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WAR DIARY
SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION
24-27 August entry: The Bn Intelligence Section under the IO left to carry out a search for destroyed enemy equipment in an area round FALAISE.
The Bn remained in the same position and carried out Coy and Pl training under Coy arrangements.
Training with tanks was also carried out. The 4th Gren Gds co-operating.
Bn Church Parade was held on Sunday followed by a march past with the Pipe Band.
The Bn I Sec returned from their search with good results.
ALTERNATIVE SOURCES
Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books
The inhabitants of this little village were extremely kind to us and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay. The news of the fighting was excellent and every day brought fresh word of rapid advances. For hours on end American transport tore along the main road, driven by grinning coloured troops and festooned with strings of German bullets. The villagers showered kindness upon us and, when news came through of the liberation of Paris, their delight knew no bounds. Billets were fairly good, and we could eat our meals in the open, eking out the army rations with apples from the orchards. We could sleep in peace or play football; good E.N.S.A. Concerts were given in the theatre at Flers and the Divisional Club had also moved into this town; our minds began to relax, and our appetite for life grew with the deepening certainty of Germany's defeat.
WIG Wilson's - A Short History of The First Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers in North-West Europe
CASUALTIES ON THIS DAY
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DIED ON THIS DAY
KIA
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WOUNDED ON THIS DAY
WIA
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PHOTO AND MAP CREDITS
Map:
War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide
Photo:
Private John Oakes of 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, darning socks on the bonnet of a car, Denmead, Hampshire, 29 April 1944. IWM