| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Event and Information | References to Appendix |
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| TRIPOLI | 1 | Warning Order for movement of Unit to Fifth Army received: HQ Tripdist Letter 2087? ?, of 30 Sept.'43. | ||
| 2 | 1800 | O.C. visited Mov.Tn HQ Tripdist, and received final orders for embarkation at 0830 hrs, 3 Oct., 1943. | ||
| 3 | 0830 |
Company embarked at Tripoli Docks for 5th Army.
No.1 Party consisting of O.C., 2 Officers, 157 O.R.s, and 4 vehicles, embarked on LS 344. No. 2 Party consisting of 2nd i/c, one Officer, 39 O.Rs, and 6 vehicles on LST 364. Despite repeated applciation for reinforcements the Company leaves N. Africa one Officer and 53 O.Rs. under strength. |
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| SALERNO | 7 | 1600 |
No.1 Party disembarked at Salerno and found comfortable billets in a block
of flats on sea front.
O.C. reported to 94 Sub Area. |
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| 8 | No.1 Party employed on clearing Billets and fixing blackouts, etc. | |||
| 9 | 0830 |
No.2 Party disembarked Salerno and joined up with remainder of Company.
O.C. reported to C.R.E. No.10 (Wks) at Naples and received instructions to move to Naples forthwith. O.C. rece. Amunition [sic] Area and decided to place H.Q. at Nola, the centr of the Area. C.R.E. approved. |
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| 10 | 0800 hours |
Company moved from Salerno to Nola to carry out works for No.10 CRE
(Works). Billets were
arranged in Artillery Barracks, Nola, which were in a very dirty state:
half having been
burnt out and the remainder strewn with straw and paper to a depth of
a foot.
One Bedford truck supplied at Tripoli to bring Unit Transport to scale broke down on this trip and is completely U.S. |
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| NOLA | 11 | Work immediately commenced on the blow bridges and culverts in the Amn. Dump district. | ||
| NOLA | 12 |
No stores available.
All local labour, numbering 150, in Nola Area taken over from G.E. The company is responsible for supervision and paying all local labour. |
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| 15 | Transport sent to Salerno to pick up vital stores such as cement. | |||
| 18 | 0800 |
L/Sgt. Turney and 20 O.Rs. proceeded on detachment to Casoria and were
attached to 128 Petrol
Depot, RSC., for rations and accommodation.
The work at Casoria consists of laying down acess [sic] roads to Petrol Dump and water supply to Camp. Statement of Works being carried out by Company at Appendix I1. |
I1 | |
| 17 | 0800 |
Cpl. Trussler and 6 O.Rs. proceeded on detachment to Cancello and were
attached to
112 Wkshp. & Pk. Coy., RE, for accommodation and rations.
The work at Cancello was forming up R.E. Dump, including repairs to blown bridges, etc. |
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| 18 | 1900 | Six Escaped British P.O.W's reported to H.Q. and were fed and bedded down for night. | ||
| 19 | 0800 | British P.O.W's handed over to Town Major Nola. | ||
| 0800 | Lt. Nelson and 24 O.Rs. proceeded on detachment to Cancello. | |||
| 20 |
R.E. Stores such as cement, CGI [corragated iron?] and Timber now in
fair supply.
All jobs are, however, suffering from lack of transport, especially road jobs. |
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| 23 |
Statement of Works being carried out by Company Appendix I2,3 & 4.
534 local Labourers are now employed by this Comapny on the various work sites. |
I2-4. | ||
| 27 |
Despite repeated indents Battle-dress is not yet obtainable and the
Troops are feeling the
cooler weather very severely. The cold has resulted in a rising sick list
from colds and
similar ailments.
The whole supply question so far as clothing and Ordnance supplies are concerned is most unsatisfactory, not one single item having so far been available for issue to the Company. The Bedford truck which became U.S. on 10 Oct. remains off the road and there appears to be no hope in the immediate future of obtaining a new engine or a replacement truck. |
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| 28 | The rations have so far been poor. Bully beef and rice have been in constant issue day after day with no change, and no issue of cooking fats. | |||
| 30 |
Statement of Works being carried out Company, Appendix I5, 6, and 7.
A.Fs. W.3008 and 3009 B, Appendix |
I5-7
I8-13. |
Source: National Archives WO 169/10755