D-DAY DOCUMENTS 6th Airborne Division - 5th Parachute Brigade - 7th Parachute Battalion - War Diaries |
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5th June 1944 Place: Tilshead Bn moves to rest camp in FAIRFORD PARK where short service was held by Rev PARRY - 1900 hrs bn moves to airfd - 2320 hrs Bn takes off. 6th June 1944 Place: Ranville 0100 - Bn completed drop but went into action with Coys at half normal strength due to some plane loads being dropped in wrong places and one load not dropping at all. Place: Le Port and Benouville 0325 - Bn occupied objective and held it against various counter-attacks "A" and "B" Coys being heavily engaged. Cas - killed 3 Officers, Capt Parry (Padre), Lt Bowyer and Lt Hill, and 16 ORs. Wounded 4 Officers, Major TAYLOR, Capt WEBBER, Lt HUNTER & Lt TEMPLE & 38 ORs. Missing, 170 ORs did not R.V. after drop. 1325 - Bn of Commandos passed through bn posns. 2200 - Stick from a/c which failed to drop arrived by glider - included Major TULLIS and Lt THEOBALD and R.M.O. Capt YOUNG. 2230 - Bn of Royal Warwicks arrived and put in an attack on BENOUVILLE. 7th June 1944 Place: Le Port & Benouville 0015 - Bn relieved by Royal Warwicks. 0045 - Bn arrived in Bde res and rest area at 105734. Odd ptys of men rejoined the bn at various times during the day. Place: Le Hom 1330 - Bn moved out and took up a defensive posn in area 112735 (Div res). 8th June 1944 Place: Le Hom Bn posns shelled and mortared at various times during the day, some times heavily. 2100 - Bn seaborne pty arrived. |