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Tuesday
11 July 1944
Start Location:
CAEN
War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide
End Location:
PLUMETOT
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.
D-Day+
35
11 July 1944
Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts)
"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
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Died on this day =
1
Tuesday
11 July 1944
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