WO 171/424 - 3 Infantry Division Postal Unit - May 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: 3rd Br Inf Divisional Postal Unit
Month and Year: May 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer:

Place	Date	Summary
DENMEAD, HANTS.	1-14	Services normal.
	15	F.P.O. B.9 serving 9 Br Inf Bde Group, closed after close of business. Home Service Cash and Stock (Final Account) returned to Home Postal Centre, Units of 9 Br Inf Bde Group now served by F.P.O. att. H.Q. 3 Br Inf Div (FPO D.3).
	16	F.P.O. B8 serving 8 Br Inf Bde Group Units closed after close of business. Home Service Cash and Stocks (Final Account) returned to Home Postal Centre. Units of 8 Br Inf Bde Group now served from FPO att. HQ 3 Br Inf Div (FPO D3).
	17-23	Services normal.
	24	Units of 3 Br Inf Div commenced Marshalling and placed in sealed camps. Mails for these Units delivered to, and collected from these camps by formational Postal Unit.
	25-28	Services normal.
	29	One subaltern from 13 L of C Postal Unit and 8 O.Rs from No 8 Base A.P.O. attached to 3 Br Inf Div Postal Unit to carry on existing services after departure of main body to East Coast to Marshall into craft serials.
	31	O.C. 3 Br Inf Div Postal Unit and 14 O.Rs to Marshalling Camp Nr TILBURY.

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Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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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