Sunday
16 July 1944
Lieu de départ :
BREVILLE
War Office map with kind permission of Normandy War Guide
Emplacement final :
BREVILLE
The Bn arrived in new area about 0100 hrs.
Remainder of the day spent settling in and digging additional trenches.
A few enemy aircraft flew over and were engaged by our A/A.
Jour J+
40
16 July 1944
British troops wait in slit trenches 16th July. By Sergeant Laing No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit - This photograph B 7441 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-29), Public Domain
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After 4 days rest we marched during Saturday night through the cross roads at Hermanville and along the route we took on the 6th of June, i.e. through Colville Montgomery and St Aubin de Arquanay to Benouville over Pegasus bridge and dug in just outside Ranville.
1st KOSB Veteran, Jeff Henderson
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Sunday
16 July 1944