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| 1 - 31 | The work described in the War Diary for July were continued, mostly on a reduced scale. 1/100,000 Sheet J3. | |
Throughout the month the German Wehrmacht organisation was cut down. Under Operation "Blimp" which ran throughout the month all German Wehrmacht personnel living in 8th Corps District were discharged, whilst personnel living in the rest of the British Zone, the American Zone or the Russian Zone wre sent to one of the concentration areas for discharge. By the end of the month the following personnel remained in the Kreis:-
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| On August 3rd 500 Italian PWX were despatched out of the Kreis for repatriation. These were closely followed by 168 Serb PWX. As a result the only remaining groups were Poles and Balts. Of these 300 Polish PWX remained concentrated in one camp at Wittbeck, 0362, providing weekly 60 men for posts and patrols on Area "G" boundary. The remainder being DPs were now chiefly the responsibility of 243 UNRRA Team and 133 Relief Section FAU. All of 1,800 Poles being housed in the two villages of Hogel, 9782 and Ahrenviol, 0468 Camps were now taken over for the remaining 980 Baltic DPs of which only half could be housed by the end of the month owing to the uninhabitable condition of some of the camps. Throughout the month detachments of 2nd F & F Yeomanry and 23rd Hussars were kept in each of the villages to supervise feeding and administration. At the same time there was a noticeable decline in the number of crimes committed by DPs. | ||
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The chief military activities consisted of lorried patrols, largely by night, in the Kreis, which was divided into squadron areas, each supplemented by snap checks and road blocks. at the same time three British posts on the northern exits from area "G" were permanently manned. These were continued southward by a line of Polish posts as far as Rantrum, 9752. Although some German PW were caught trying to slip out the chief offenders were civilians.
On August 3rd our Comet tanks began to leave and the Regiment was re-organised on a dismounted basis with two rifle troops and one Mobile troop as the fighting component of each squadron. 16 Other Ranks left on SEAC postings whilst 3 were demobilised. A number of cricket matches against other units were played and the Regimental Sports Team embarked on a programme of serious training in preparation for the Brigade Sports in September. Holiday parties of 40 each continued to visit Fohr Island twice weekly for half a week's stay. |
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The following awards were announced during the month:-
MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
COMMANDER IN CHIEF'S CERTIFICATE FOR GALLANTRY
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