Worcestershire Regiment War Diaries - 1939-1945
Army war diaries provided a daily record of operations, intelligence reports and other events. One copy was sent into the War Office, and is now held at the PRO at Kew (National Archives). Other copies were kept by the unit, and may now be with the regimental records at their Regimental HQ or at Regimental Museums.
The commander of every military unit (Battalion, Division etc.) was the responsibility to ensure that the War Diary was kept up to date each day. It was usually written up each evening by a specific junior officer (i.e. Adjutant) and usually signed off by a senior officer or the commanding officer. The War Diary was compiled by month for every month that the unit was on active service.
Unlike the First Worls War for World War 2 many of the war diaries are in typed format so easier to read. However, most war diaries use obscure abbreviations which also make them difficult to understand to the untrained reader. Also they may refer to map referrence by numbers which usually bare no connection with present day maps.
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1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment |
2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment |
7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment |
8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment |
9th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment |
12th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment |
