| Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1.
and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages
will be prepared in manuscript. |
WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| Unit: CE 8 Corps | ||
| Month and Year: June 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. H.H.C. Sugden, DSO, OBE |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worth Priory | 2 | Visited of CE 21 Army Group to Corps HQ | ||
| 5 | CE visited CRE Gds Armd Div. | |||
| Worth Priory | 7 | 1130 | CE and SORE (Int) let permanent Locn for Marshalling area, as part of 8 Corpd TAC HQ | |
| HORNDEAN | 7 | 1600 | Arrived in Marshalling area | |
| 10 | 1930 | TAC HQ left Marshalling area for Embarkation area | ||
| GOSPORTH | 10 | 2130 | TAC HQ arrived Embakation area | |
| Worth Priory | 11 | 0200 | SO II ansd SORE III (stores) left permanent locn for Marshalling Area ( Party 2) | |
| GOSPORTH | 11 | 0700 | TAC HQ embarked | |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 12 | 1600 | Party 2 embarked | |
| QUISTERHAM | 12 | 2000 | TAC HQ disembarked - (Queen - Roger beach) | |
| LANTHEUIL | 12 | 2330 | TAC HQ established | |
| CREULLY | 13 | 1400 | CE and SORE (Int) visited CE Second Army - purpose general liaison | |
| LE DELIURANDE | 13 | 2200 | Party 2 disembarked - (Mike Beach) | |
| LANTHEUIL | 14 | 0830 | Party 2 rejoined TAC HQ, CE'sHQ now complete with exeption of 1 clerk, and attached RE air ph interpreter | |
| BAYEUX | 14 | 1600 | SO (Int) visited CE 30 coprs - purpose general liaison and review of stores situation | |
| CREPON | 15 | SO III ( stores) visited RE Stores Dumps | ||
| CREULLY | 15 | SO (Int) visited CE Second Army - purpose checking of river gaps from air phs, examination of R. Mine '43. | ||
| 16 | Conference of CE and CE 1 Corps - discussion of Operation "Dreadnought". | |||
| 16 | 2230 | OC 612 Fd Sqn RE briefed by CE for construction of br over ORNE CANAL for Operation "Dreadnought". | ||
| 17 | SO (Int) visited CE 1 Corps and CRE 51 Div - object route infm on rds between R. ORNE and R. DIVES. SO III (Stores) visited RE stores dump to check on pontoon situation for proposed br. Not satisfactory and CRASC Bridging Coln informed. | |||
| 17 | 0130 | Bailey Pl and Pontoon Pl placed uner comd 8 Corps | ||
| 17 | 1610 | Two Sections more of a Bailey Pl placed under comd 8 corps | ||
| 17 | 2100 | CE visited CRE 11 Armd Div reference Operation "Dreadnought". | ||
| 18 | 0900 | CE attended conference at Second Army; visited captured Radar station at DOUVRES. Details of tk tracks in 1 Corps Area obtained - recce and marking of tracks in 8 Corps Area to link up with these ordered. | ||
| 18 | p.m.: Br Eqpt for Operation "mDreadnought"moved down to site and work approaches commenced. | |||
| 18 | 2300 | Operation "Dreadnought" cancelled. All stores returned. | ||
| 20 | 1800 | CE held conference with CsRE 11 Arm. Div, 15 (S) Div and A.R.E. - subject RE role in Operation "Epsom". Marking of tk tracks in Corps area complete. | ||
| 21 | Visit of CRASC Bridging Coln to CE - subject moves of br eqpt for "Epsom". CE attended conference at Second Army , subject - RE work on Operation "EPSOM". | |||
| 21 | 2130 | "Q" conference to determine routes for "Epsom". | ||
| 22 | 0900 | Following fmns and units placed under comd 8 Corps - one Sqn 6 Assault Regt RE and One Sqn W. Dgns ( flails) | ||
| 23 | CRE 43 Div reported to CE on arrival ashore. | |||
| 24 | 8 Coprs RE Operation Order for Operation "Epsom" issued | see Appx "A" | ||
| 25 | Operation "Epsom"commenced | |||
| 26 | CRE 8 Corps Tps arrived in Theatre to take over comd of tps so fa u/c CE, viz 224 Fd Coy RE and HQ of 508 Fd Pk Coy RE | |||
| 27 | 66 Fd Coy RE formerly u/c CE, now placed u/c CRE 8 Corps Tps for Operation "Epsom". | |||
| 27 | 2359 | 25 Mech Eqpt Sec formerly u/c CE now placed u/c CRE 8 corps Tps | ||
| 28 | 1200 | All br eqpt under comd CRASC 24 Tpt Coln (Br) now at CREULLY moved up to area BRETTEVILLE 9271 | ||
| 30 | CRE 53 (W) Div reported to RE. 53 Div now u/c 8 Corps. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.
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