Thursday
3 August 1944
Start Location:
LONGRAYE
War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide
End Location:
LONGRAYE
The Bn was at short notice to move but late in the evening orders were received to move the following morning.
Our own arty were active during the day, and allied aircraft continuously passed over the area.
D-Day+
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3 August 1944
An early P-47D "razorback" Thunderbolt By United States Army Air Force - United States Army Air Force via National Archives, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6948123
Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts)
9th Infantry Brigade War Diary
Quiet night; no enemy activity in area.
1400 Comd and BM visited Div and received orders for the move to FORET L’EVEQUE 6351 and were infm that no move of main bodies would be instituted before 0600 hrs 4 Aug.
Recce parties moved off at 1815 hrs and the bde was placed at 2 hrs’ notice to move.
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3 August 1944
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