D-DAY DOCUMENTS 4th Special Service Brigade - Brigade Headquarters - War Diaries |
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5th June 1944 Place: Warsash Embark in LSI(S) Serials 1519 and 1520. 6th June 1944 Place: St Aubin Sur Mer 0900 - Landed at high tide in face of sniping and MG fire. Place: La Rive 1000 - Bde HQ assembles 005850. 1130 - Tac HQ moves into ST AUBIN, area 015855. Rear HQ remains LA RIVE. 7th June 1944 Place: St Aubin 1100 - 46 RM Cdo landed NAN RED. Assembled in area LA RIVE under comd 4 SS Bde. Immediate task to adv through LUC SUR MER. Place: Lion Sur Mer 1100 - Lt Col T.M. GRAY, Commanding 41 RM Cdo wounded, Maj D. BARCLAY, 2 ic, killed. Major J.A. Taplin therefore assumed comd. 8th June 1944 Place: St Aubin 1130 - Bde Comd returns from visit to 1 Corps with infm concerning future C do tasks. |