Belgium 1940 map request.

And May 1-14

 

Adam this is a very kind gesture have you seen it?

 

Thank you, yes I will try and find that map to take a look

 

Yes a very kind gesture. I have been in contact

 

The area in question would be on 1:25,000 map sheets 44 SE Termonde and 55 NE Brussels.

 

Does anyone happen to have the officer returns for 77 FR RA for May 40?

 

Would they be part of the regimental diary?
What are they exactly?

 

They should be in the WD.

Regular (weekly (or monthly?) IIRC) Officer and other rank field returns were submitted to “higher authority” so rations, reinforcements etc could be allocated as necessary.

The field returns recorded the reason for an officer & other rank absence from the unit - such as for training, Leave, Course, sickness, attached elsewhere or other absence etc.

There was an sub section on the form for the unit to list men whom they desired to be returned to the unit (rather than posted elsewhere) and the list noted the “present” location of that man - usually a hospital - so “higher authority” could organise a return posting in due course.

Here are a couple of examples for an infantry unit.

Steve

 

Yes I have found the field return of officers. Which ones are you interested in?

 

I have just gone over a different copy of the war diaries and can see that as the photo of the trace was from a different camera angle that the bottom map reference is 60/60.

 

Here is the map and the trace superimposed on one another, apologies for quality, couldn't get the transparency correct, but it is quite readable.

 

Thank you very much, mystery solved!

 

Hi Adam, any you can scan for May 40. I'm looking for a list of officer names.

 

Both locations are just west of the Antwerp-Brussels highway A12 nowadays. the original road is still there, but very close to the highway.

As you can see, both were crossings of a creek or a small stream.

 

any good?

 

If you could give me your email address I can send the whole diary as a zip file.

 

Thanks for posting that but it seems to be low res/out of focus image so I can't read the names.

 

Adam, once again thanks for suppling the complete legible WDs for 77 FR RA...

 

Hello; Does someone has the pages fro 23-27 May? Thx. A belgian researcher Bernard