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Place Date Time

--, GuiJ.lemont Barracks May

4u

Oi:H5

131)

Initials

Training as per scijedule.

The Bn paraded to the sports !'ield and each company carried on with organized sports.

On Parade •..•...•.•••... Sick · ffiotal straagth .••.•••••

717 all ranks. 31

71:53 11

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Guillemont Barrall[Ks

Date

2 May

40

Time

·' .

..

WAR DIARY

Training as per schedule.

On parade Sick Total strength

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7lb 31

7'd3

Initials

all ranks " 11

rr "

·$.

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Place

Guillernont Barracks

Date Time

3 May 40 OtH5

WAR DIARY

Training as per schedule.

On parade Sick Total strength

'·

715 31

703

all ranks. " " !! 11

Initials

Place Date - Time

Guillemon~ 4 0900 Barrakks May

40 1230

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WAR DIARY

Initials

Clothing parade for Bn H.Q. The rest of the Bn carried on with training.

The weekly sightseeing tour went· to SOUTHAMPTON today. The visiting troops were greeted at ~he Civic Centre by the Mayor and at least a thousand people of Southampton. During the ceremony of welcome, the city police ·band played several selections outside the building. The party tben entered the great Guild Hall and ~~re guests of the Mayor :B.t an afterno9n tea. The ,Mayor and several Council·lors made ~i~ speeches or welcome, which were responded to my Major Ernst. The party was then shown over. the beautiful Ci vie Centre buildings, which were b!£il t at a cost of $4,000,000. They t'lil.sited the art galleries, library, law courts and the offices of the· city employees: • . After . this, the Rotarians took groups of 15 arid visited various points of historical interest, including -the Bar Gate,

· i##/rlt/1# parts of the old town wall; St . Christopher' s Church, built in ~56 AoD., and Tudor House Museum, which contained relics of the Stone .Age presumed to be 5,000 years old and dug up in the vicinity of Southampton. They were also

to 1400 years ·. These we-,:e dug up trom a Roman camp within two miles of the ~·cf. . presented by the Curator -vvi th small pieces of Roman pottery dating back 1100 ;-

city. The tour ended with a very enjoyable sing song on the steps of the Civic Building.

On Parade · 699 all ranks. Sick· · 29· u " Strength,' "iotal 7 84 11

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Place

Guill.emont Barracks

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Date

5 May 40.

Time

0945

W~ DIARY

Church parade at St. Christo:pher's Church, Cove.

On parade 659 all ranks. Sick 29 " " Total strength · 7 84 " "

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Place Day'S Time

Guillemont ##- 0~45 Barracks 6

May 40 ~015

2JD45

'/i A.) D IJiliY

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The officers and p. S.M. s went out to recce an/###/7//±# area for a scheme of ~n T (j) a Ba in t~$t@$$, the scheme to take place toni~'lt .. ''11' ·

retirement The Bn. left barracks, the coys going to their R. V. for the retirement and the coy comdrs going to their $~$ respective coy li.Q.s. The coys left their R. V. s for their positions, and by 2100 hrs they were all in their respective positions. After each coy had occupmed its position, it marched ~~ back to barracks. The men were given , hot ·tea before gming to bed. ~-·~~ ~

On ~arade b3b all ra.J.lcs Sick 2~ .11 ll

Total strength 7~4 11 . ll

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Place Date Time· -Guillemont 7 081) Barracks May

40 1100

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WAR DIARY

Bn paradeo goys then carried on with regula~ training as per schedule.

Rarties went out to make a recce of the ~oute to be followed in the Bde scheme for. Tt he following days.

On parade b02 all .ranks. On leave . ' ~1'7 11 n

Sick 33 !I H

Total {3trengtl:l 781 · 11 11

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Guillertlont o Barracks I.>y

40

~ine

.L,?45

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Today· t he l e. r ge ~{:te SC11el.t8 -t) e g~1rl& ~~e s~o. !2 :1 f1 A"l.dj .. le i't f'or the = ==~c ·.rr~:ORI: trenches, our ~i~st p osi t ion, n t 09UU hrs.

~he coy gui d es left barracks.

::nitie.ls

~he res~ o~ t he 3n le ft ba rr2c k s ~~d ~roceed ed to their positio~E in the ~ranches .

All posi~ions ~~~ oc cu)ied •

Lln parade 5t; 9 all ranks. On .Leave 1 2'1 !I li

/rJ1tVXLT Sick 35 ll !I

Total stren gth 'fol 11 n

·Place

Guillemont Barracks

11

Date

9 -May

40

10 May

40

'13. -May

40

Time

0745 1115

ObOO

1500

1400

WAR DIA..lZY

Tl1e 2 i/ c and guides lef't barracks for the rleet. Trenches o .

The Brig. met the 2 i/ c at Pond t a 5.l Brige;e to g i~e further orders a nd instructions.

On parade Ori leave Sick Total strength

589 all ranks. 129

35 'I fn

The "Cease Fire" \vas sounded, · and the troops embusses and returned ·to barracks •. The I.O. was ca.lled back from the Sni-oers' School in order to assist the Adj du_ring the present emergency connected with ·the ##ll:lf/fo alarm and precautions to be taken against .an invasion of this ·country by ·che Germans. ·

Ou:V Bn went to the Bde sports finals at Delville Sports Grounds and defeated all other uni:ts of' 3 ·Bdeo They are now· ready to enter the Di v meet. Owingthethe danger:of parachute troops making a landing her~, each

~Rr~~~ ~fie aRg~~~ ~rs·~{iRi 1~ t~IJijitn~nd w~~~lliiik~1 - R~ ~~ ~Co~~~~st~d~I~~~Y armed

Initinls

'-~y~t8' perform thJ.:-s duty · in ou~ Bno They wen't on. th:J.s. Ci.:UiiY a-c cl;u -coday. 12 · -.-:--:-• ~--....,...,._. ... '5'~'Ehe "seven -O .. R.s f.rom -· th:J.s .-: En:returned 1' rom. t-he .. DJ. v ·:.Sn:1p-ers' .School; _/ _ .... .

. May ·::-, _ ._. after a very .supce.s:=;:fuL course~ ·The W.N.S.R. delegat:i;qn 'did excep~i6nally · 40 . -., well :in ' all •phase·f? ~;~bf'~~,,~.h:~ : cqtJ.r~e-. 'L/Cpl Embryr F.; A. _: ,·:: of · ·, ',!~-:qqy.,~ l~d. ·c the ··

.entire class· ~in' srtf.p_fng .artd '>1Jila:s · awarded ~\a-··.medallion, · pr:esented, (t)y.~ the: directing

::~;~_~f ~~~\~~ij-~:~_r_-_-~~~~~~-~~~~~ c;r:~ .!· ~~~. -:~~~~~··•:J.ck.;7%~!J!_"~e~~fc~f>,·~; . 'JJ'6'. ~ placed ']tho" - ):·Owher-:JN ;N~S~R. · members of the 'team at the :_schoof ·also ·.did -. . · --/' w'ell. ~ L/ppr--:To6ie ;-:e~It~-E ~1"- of · tt_Ai' "Coy, was · ·ou:tstra_nding · in ::·scouti~g and '- -:· •.- .. stal~in~~ __ : ,

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Place

GuJ.llemon-g Barracks

1.1J!J~ Date

1.4 Hay

4U

1;.> May

4U

$$ J.b Eay 4U

l.} May 4u

Time

UoUO

UbUU

UbuU

141)

U..L4,?

J.bUU

The Bn spent the day practising ~oods Fighting.

On :parade On leave Sick

by Coys.

all ,.... -=· "'1""'\l·--c:o. - ·- -·- _ ) _ . 1

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General training On parade Bick

'I 31 all :-s."'J. ks. .;-;z; ,/ , •

To-cal 7~H

General training by Coys.

The C~O. and other members ot· the R Gp proceeded to the vicinity of Norris Bridge tp make a !'ecce for a nJ.ght attack.

The trpops embussed and proceeded to Chestnu-c Copse, where they rested till the -cirne to marcn to assembly areas.

On :)er::J.de Sj_cl<

To~al

714 all 2)1

'/b4 _q_

ranKs.

The Coys arrived at their assemply areas . a:t'ter marching t·rom Chestnut Copse.

The Bn "attacked" th~ee objectives in the dark. On the completion ot· "the exercise~ the ~:.roo:ps marched by coys back to barracks •

On parade SiC)(

Total

. 713 all rants. 30

764

The Brig. called the officers and P.S.M.s of the Bn to a mee-c1ng in our officers' mess and! bawled us out; in no uncertain terms :f' or the mess we had made o!' our nigh-c i'igh~:.ing. Re said that -chis Bn had slipped oack in training and discipline and leadership ctur1ng recent weel~s, and that we were definitely no-c f'i "C to meet -cne H.un as we are now.

Initials

P.Lace :Jat.e ':'une

Cul.L..Lemilln-c $..~ lo uouu :~otn1ng o!' E!lpor-cance e:cce,_-:-s t.ne ':vee ~u. y 1ns~ec:tio::s o:· -che '::o-:fs by tile 2 7../c. BarracKs :.: ay

4u

.l7 ~Lay

4U

cu l\~ay

4U

uouu .L,?ju

:=ick Tot c.l

Churcn paradew •

Cn ?S.!'~Cte Sick Total

Training by coys.

'7 , " _L.C:

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'7C:'7 f / .

711 nJl ranks. 2.1

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Tne R Gp proceeded. to V1c1n1 ty or EL.ST:sP..D where they me-c~ the orders for and make a reeee !'or an exercmse ot· P.n 1n defence.

.L~~u Our 0 Gp nroceeded to E13~~ • j_l !li. ,11 U f ! _' ' I' .'I ~ -· , _. _ .'' ... _, -~i ,/J._.!l I• 'i.rfi_ .. f~_Jj ... J/_J_t . / ·· " ··h_. .... __ }~ ''. 1

' _! ! :: .' .' lj_.f.' ~;"i'r:'th; "r(Ji 7i 7f=ir ii~lfii'# 7nT=ftlnr'lrrrll-=li'?fffff1,:o..tr1f7, flf!'ffff lffnr

1J ~·' ..Li • . .:.:.~. to receive ~:£(1) .

~.l May O)UU Our F G:p e.rri ''ed. at their assemb.Ly areas in wood.s near ELSTif.AD. D\..:.ring tl:e morning 4u the carl"i er pl of the Cc& Y. Regt ~ blundered ir_to our area e,nd were all captured,

along with their officer~ Lt. ~itty.

<::2 u;tuu

After an afternoon of resting a21d sleeping, the troops spe!lt the night disging and wiring their positions. During :the night the C & Y organ.ized a raiding :party under ,qq_ L t Cl ark to recapture their carriers. This raiding party entered our Bn E. Q,. position ').)'if/ • by a roundabout route which 1vas out of bounds and in the ensuins fight Lt Clark received an injury -eo his eyes fro121 a round of blank a.rrilllu.ni tion.

On parade Si cl: Total

713 all ranksc 24

75b The troops arrived back in barracl-::s sooner than planned, because of the hea1.ry rain that i'ell during the early morning.

This afternoon ·we received a draft of reinforcements from Canada. l'Lost of ther.1 detrc.ined at F~trnboroug..h North station and were men by the W.N.S.R. $2band and marched up to our barracks. The remainder came to Government Siding, Aldershot, and were brought here in trucks.

On parade Sick

Tote.l

713 all ranks. · 24

756

Place Date

Guillemon-c c3 BarracKs. May

4U

11 c4 May 4u

11

2) May 4u

11 l:b

ViARMINISTER CATEIT'

WA..-crnTIINIS TER CAlvlP 2'/

May 4(;

May 4-u

11 ~

May 4u

Time

UbUU

U9Uu

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~raining by Coys.

Training by Coys.

On p2..re.( e 2icl:

711 :.ll r:::.nks. 21

Total 922 ~e~ reinforce~e~tsl67

G...TJ. parade .Sick Reinf'orcer::ents Total

703 19

165 917

all r<mks.

The I.O. went with tne Bde T.O. -eo malce a recce of Route B of the J. c. Plau. The rest of -cne Bn spent the day making preparations for a M.T. move.

():~. parc .. O. e Si cl·: 3.einf.

7 OH e.ll r2.n:~s . 22

~~~V},';: ~~ 1o'lo 1o ~U~i;~ 1o~~~?.~~~1, Total U4UU Reveille. UbU'/ Tne M. T. move ou-c o1' tn e barracks streedl.s to take up their posi~ions on the MINLEY

U'/3/ .L c3c

l4UU

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ROAD in readiness for the troops who will march to the embussing :point. The convoy moves ou-c and takes -che long road to HAPJ'vliNISTER CAMP.

The convoy reacned its destination wi thou-c a'Tly trouble. Going hhrough AND8VER we me-c ®04~$~~$ 2 Cdn Inf Bde and co~mented unt·avourably on-che orgamization and spac1ng' or -chelr 1\~~ T. The remainder of the day was spent 1n maKing recces by the R Gi and in settlmng down 1n Camp by tne rest of the :Sn.

S:i clr 2f3 Tetliri!

The Bn marched ou-c and occu:p1ed a reserve position pn the plains.

Initials

Place Dat.e Time

·::&:"'"ThiTiaSTER. ~~ c! c..LUU CMti:£ ~.:ay

4u

" et; U)OU t.~ay

4U

" C."j ,. ... ~ay 4U

GUICD:LT.F.Ti:ONT 30 BARRACKS May

4U

11 31 May

40

11)00

UjUU U4UO 0';1 30

142) 1440

loUU

uouu

2240

Initials

During the nig.rn. "A." sna. "B'' Co3rs ~fi,~{C?-~; ~~rf:i:j.:ifi.tii/ 'Hent forward to c11g for the R22r:~!t V'.'h~cn was oe'!!l'u:py~ng one of the !"o1r1ns.rd posi t.lOT'.s. ::::<:-.t.h coys go"L lost and ws.nderAC. arou...Da. ror over an nour before f'lDUlng tn-:nr c·::-!"::-·;c: :·;t ~. : ;::;.s ir:g positions.

":0 ;: Coy sent, c;_ v,riri.ng party to the J.22e.rt.

The rest of the monnj_:1g and the afternoon wc.s spent in restir:g . The I. Sec. wark('i-'l. all ctey correcting the enlargement of the map. Orders were received to move 'the Bde back to COVE. :,Iost of the Bn spe;:1t the evenj :ng in packing up and getting ready to move. "C" Coy went on a digging job early in t.he enening. Mr. Parker and his scouts practised t h eir gentle art, finishing up by march ins back to ·.:A.RLITNISTER. CAIE2 by compass across country.

The l?l trucks ce,..rne out to the :3n and loaded :pl stores. The Coys marched inde:pender:tly back to ca."ll:p, to prepe.re for the t-rip back to GUILl.Sl.iONT. The Bn moved h ack to Guillernont Barracks b~r the sa...T!le route a.TJ.d in the same order os for the outward journey. Arrived at Guillenont. All troops debussed.

The troops were paid as soon as they debussed. The evening was spent in preparing for a nother M. T. move --- this time on i'Acti ve Service~. The real "War Diary" of this Bn is aoout to begin.

Today ~~s spent in packing up and getting ready to move. An Adv Party, under l.~ajor Harris and Lt. Parker proceedea to NORTHJJI![pTON to select

A..Dother day spent in last minute preparations for an M. T, move. The I. 0. spent the day on a Bde road recce to NORTH.AlVIPTON.

All .... troops in the busses and the M.T, of "Z Gp" lined u:p in the woods. with the head the column just inside the gate on the Mll~LEY ROAD. After the R22eR and the H.Q. details of 3 Bde had moved past our starting point, 2 i/c signalled the convo¥ to start, . and The West Nova scotia Regiment began its to intervene in the Second Great WA~

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Place Date ~

Road to May Northampton 40

11 .

Time 23l'{

WAR DIARY

We passee the Bde S.P. a few minutes late, owing th the latemess of 3 Bde H.Q.

On parade Sick rt.einforcem.ents Total strength

706 all ranks. 20

16'7 916

Initials