27th Canadian Armoured Regiment (The Sherbrooke Fusiliers)

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Document Title: War Diary a2? Canadian Armoured Regiment (Shor Tus 8.
Author(s) Luzutenant Colonel M.B-X. Gordon (June, July), Majo. V.O. Walsa (August)

Date(s hune- August, 1944

FondsiCollection Name: RG 24 The Departnent of Netiuna. Defence Fonds,
‘Original Archival Reference: RG 24-C-8 Vom 11287 ; Mierolilny Reel T-1275
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Partly cloudy and warm with light rain in the morning, visibility good.

‘areas and finishing touches are bet:

ing; , oraft Serials 1715 to 1725 inclusive are at Camp 4-1
craft serial 1745 and 1744 are at Camp 0-9, serials 1740 and 1741 at 0-20,
‘4748 at O-1, serial 1560 at C-1 and serial S211, AD, at Camp T-6.

Partly cloudy and warn with a brisk wind, visibility good.

|. :cops remained in marshalling camps all day and are preparing to leave
ger]y im the ‘morning. The remaining troops in Camp Av18 moved today to Camp A-22
‘at Botley.

| raft serials started to move off from Camp A-17 at 0200 hra anf proceeded
via Titonfieid and Stubbington to G-3 Hard at Oosport. Loading commenced at 0630
hea, porpoises were chained under the tanks and taken aboard without incident.
On Gompletion. of loading L0?s moved out into the Solent and anchored off Celshot at
1300 re, & good supply of compo rations were loaded and the craft was stowed with
© supply of Blankets. The men slept and read most of the day efter chaining their
vehicles and camouflaging them. Newspapers were brought on boerd in the afternoon
and were greatly appreciated by the men.

Weather partly cloudy and cool, visibility fair to good.

Attached at appendix 5 is a list of craft serials giving details of load
and the officer in command of craft serie] or creft party.

Cloudy and windy, visibility fair and sea very choppy. L0Ts tied‘up three
shrgagt ouch flying ¢ billoon panned by two men of the $2 RAF Balloon Unit.
forth Wout wind bmch, te ‘was oxp'
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Tight rain during the night, partly cloudy and cool during, she Oey, Viste
tuity raldSbteh'a brisk Aw wind and”choppy sea, D Day was postponed one Say besausd

S2ity felt witther but in spite ofthe wind the flotiile set sail at 1426 bre spd.
of t0g ths Doom into the open sea at 1750 hes.” Waps of France which hac bee fesl-

e oponed and distributed to be fitted under tales which had

Mere of the coast area itself of 1:50,000 scale were

‘chaif of tx trace on the tales was useless and only

oa. Seasick pills were given out
fe of those many of

Most of the

+ "weather in the

me flotilia moved southwards across the channel al] night towards, the
coast of Rrance and at 1000 hre land could be sighted. At 1030 bre a vireiess
nde the Queens Own Rifles of Canada and the North Shore Regt
fe liso bre the craft started the run in to the
re from Bernisre-sur-Ner, St Aubin and Courcel¢
There 4s no air opposition and the landing 1s
‘Some fires can be seen Durning on the shore and
Strongpoints. Naval shelling ts
a have stowed all equipment and veh-
of their vehicls eh

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Major FeH. Baldwin, 0C HQ Sqn with two ORs, landed in s jeep wish
can Taf Bde as TOLD for’ this Regt. The craft be was on struck « mine ands 17oe
the Roorway. The craft had to back into deep water where the 15-00%,
it chon beached with a bad list and decks awash. On lending he wes
"TULO because of the congestion on the beach and
owas held up by an 68-mm gun positioned on bigh
‘Jawin wade contact at Berniere sur Ker}
near Beny our xor.
‘with 7 Can Inf Bde as
pare TULO to ‘in phaseplans had to be
changed and «

led off the 9 Can Inf Bde Group
Nova Scotia Highlanders on

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Lt. 0.0. MoLachlan has been appointed A/Capt and Qt with effect from
1 Jun 44 to replace Capt. I. Rohenberg.

‘=46001 SSM Macleod, D.E. has been appointed A/RSM with effect from
1 gun 44 to replace RSM Dufault who was S05 prior to exbarkal

6 ORs of the 85 LAD attached to this unit
craft has been reported sunk off DOVER by enemy action.
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‘he tanke remained on high ground near LA MARE until first light. Durin
the night an enemy patrol of half-tracks and motoroyoles infilterated into our lint
and two of the half-tracks were destroyed. Also duting the night enemy paratroops
Tere dropped nearby but were dealt with by the infantry end ous machine guns~

Capt. 9.N. Cote, Adjutant, and Lt. 1.0. Stevens, Regimental Signals Off:
joer; were out off by enemy patrols in our rear last night, while proceeding back
tong 2 Gdn Arma Bde. The patrol was stopped by Ia Regiment de ie Chaudiere and
{he scout car was found ebendoned this morning at MR 004769, undamaged and with
Contents intact. The body of Lt, Stevens was later found but Capt. Cote and the
Griver D-46011 Sgt Barter, W.H. are still missing.

has been evacuated to FDS.

At Firat Light the unit moved off from high ground et LA MARE with the
North Nova Scotia Highlanders. ‘They moved South towards VILLONS LES BUISSONS in
the sane order as yesterday, A Sqn under Major E.W.L, Arnold on the right, B Sqn.
Under Major @.S- Mahon on the left and C Sqn under Major V,0, Walsh in the centre.
HHQ tanks with the Conmunding Officer Lt. Col M.B.K. Gordon moved along the centre
dine in front of C Sqn.

Tork mobile A tk gun held up the advance for a time but was imooked out
‘by the infantry with grenades, Near L83 BUISSONS German Infantry were in position
et the forward edge of long grass, but with fire from our Mds ana short tank run
over theif positions and the advance was resuned.

‘Shelling end mortars were encountered during the advance on, BURON MR
go72. "a" san jsed the town on the Fight and "B" Sqn on the left while © Coy
Of the RebNs figirs pushed on through’ to AUTHIE, Six MGs at AUTHIE held up the
infantry pmtil dealt with by the tanks.
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‘At this point of advance, 1410. nrs, German tanks made their fires oP
ance on tnd*ibit aha shorty afterwards "A" Sqn also met thes on iow ground oo the

the left tog were forced to retire at this point, but several troops of
FRANQUEVILLE, within sight of the

Pitspatrick
three tanks in 60
just South of

‘ocoupying BURON and then attacked D
Coy of tanks overran D Coy's opposition and
‘they ret ‘The Regt took up positions centred on
‘the ore} is 9974 where it was subjected to shelling and
heavy mortar fire. ‘trom S? CONTEST 0072 or from GRUCEY 9772 but
fire from there was observed.
Shere yee Cless were ads of 12 SS Panser Division, 21 98 Panser Division
ere ur front. Enemy 60-mm guns caused most of the cas
QPauring the day. 41 enemy tanks of all types were
Aigo any SP gine, half-trecks, 1tght
tr

oye.
‘which totel 63 011 ranks
‘the off
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‘the forward troops.
they were badly
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German quipment, was
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srched for LOFOPRALLOR: 47 quring the morning clearing som 1m tbe
reersoon tenet sCueHTs $022 t8tas ta’ uns afergoon, the, benah eran mag bosbed
etternomn, vissbilsey ele sneneteAt6 aoe might ana egnin this morning et 0000 Br,
by Gorman planes soca atten sidnleht Tors are on the fob and it as Glafioult for
Ant Aazera tt ce te Some in Low

Planes, to, cone £0, 10M. appointed Acting Adjutant, to cover off the
vncaney 106, DEAE, Baten *tho'ls alssing, ve Bradiny haa aise been promoted
to Acting Captains

$eretAtgnt snortly after dark n/capt RN. Brom (OCS), Lt. W.B, Grainger
wd am 100 enmeaSeRS tmertOy, OEE soe" noc. atartea for the front to visit, the, trocpe
‘They apparently became lost in the dark ‘and drove into the enemy lines where L/opl
Bice "at sc8Se to cecchot en eastr te eevee ce tnt tet

meer aiht peatioens bey sos METtG) LE Guek'fo the Joop, urn ie
around ey ou x eee, ‘lines: 7 - ae

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27 canadian Armoured Regiment (Sher Fua_R) ____~Serdal 1084/1

88.
crew. Major Arnold's
without suffering any

At 1750 hire the Regt was relicved by the 10 Cdn Arma Regt and proceeded

Wost to the right sector of the Div Front, where they Joined in support of 7 Cdn
Taf Bde, commanded by Brigadier Foster. During the move German wk ITI tanks were
oncountéred near the river Mue, and one of them was shot up by Capt. S.V. Radley.
Walters’ crew. The unit formed up on high ground just West of CAMILLY for the night}

While remaining behind in the orchard at LES BUISSONS to convey orders
to Lt-Col Morton CO of the 10 Cdn Armd Regt, Major Cave's tank was struck by a shell)
and had to be evacuated to the rear, one member of the crew D-46167 Sgt Aulis, 0B.
was injured.

'B ohelon under Major F.H. Baldwin moved from Area ELDER to open ground
4m area UR 9693 nearer the beach, where they were Brij

Lt. Wed. Charters, Lt. H.D, Poster, Lt, Pel. Morgan and 40 ORs have been|
taken on strength from C Sqn 25 Cdn Armd Del Regt and have joined the troops st the
front with 9 replacement tanks.

‘D-18598 fpr. Munroe, R,M, ceases to be attached to 22 Cdn Pa Amb and te
struck off strength X 5 11st on'returning direct to the unit.

At firat light the tanks moved from the bigh ground West of CAMILLY end
Anagered Just South of Secquevillewen-Beasin. | During the night, the Regt was Tear
cuped into tro composite sane under Wad-¥=0- Welsh ane ed Ot ‘henold.."R.H.Q-
joined with 7 Cdn Inf Bde HQ just North of BI ‘LIORGUBILBUSSE and the
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In the evening Major Walsh's Sqn ran out of amm and was relieved by Major!
‘The only Movement observed was that of the enemy towards CARPIQUET:
Foo with us was very helpful and did everything in his power to
called down @ concentration of fire on the wood 4000 yas to our front}
Intensity of fire, results could not be observed. . Enemy infantry
rved near FUTC?-EN-BESSIN MR 0072, At dust Major Arnold's Sqn
ined the remainder of the tanks at SECQUEVILIE-EN-BESSIN as did the

|. Morgan was Killed today while outeide his tank, He was wearing
black coveralis and an Anerican helmet at the time, but it is not thought that he
was killed through mistaken identity.

"A" Bobellon was established late this afternoon at CAMILLY MR 042765
to be closer to the front and speed up the supplying of the fighting troops. RSM
Macleod, D.E. 49 in charge and is ted by SSM Nicholson. TAD, fitters end
Signals personnel stey et A Echelon.

38 ORs wore taken on strength from C Sqn 25 Cdn Armd Del Regt and are
thos X 4 11st. ‘They Joined the unit at SECQUEVILLE today with 5 replacerent tanks.

ther, Olear, sunny and warm, visibility good.

Attached at appx 6 of the original and duplicate are Instre re Cdn
Postal Services within 21 Army Group.

‘Attached at appx 5 of the orig 1s Appx "A" to 2 OAB Int Summary Wo, 1
and 3 Cdn Inf Div Int Summary No. 2+