Saturday
16 September 1944
Start Location:
ETREPAGNY
Soignies in Belgium, present day. Courtesy of Google Maps.
End Location:
Soignies, BELGIUM
The Bn left for a staging area in the neighbourhood of SOIGNIES,
(BELGIUM) travelling in two parties.
The wheeled veh party incl the marching troops travelling in TCVs left ETREPAGNY at 0720 hrs and arrived at the Staging area at about 1930 hrs.
Tracks left at 1740 hrs and arrived at about 0800 hrs, 17 Sep.
The Bn had a clear run through very interesting country including the last war battle fields. The Bn got a great welcome from the people of all towns through which it passed.
*This marks the end of the 1st Bttn King's Own Scottish Borderers time in Normandy 1944.
D-Day+
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16 September 1944
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Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts)
From 9th Infantry Brigade War Diary for 16th September:
By this time bns were est in their staging locations with 2 Lincolns at 428271, 1 KOSB at 422299 and 2 RUR at 435238. One encouraging feature of the move was the low percentage of veh cas, to date, only 6 vehs were reported non-arrivals throughout the bde gp.
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