Kangaroo AWD site near Bayeux, France

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by John McGillivray
You should note the following:

“On July 30th our Regt. was relieved by 23rd Field Regt. 4th Div and we went out of action for the first time since June 6th for rest and refit. Harbour was at 996765 COLOMBY-SUR-THAON. The S.P.'s were turned in; recreation, baths, swims, leave trucks to BAYEUX for all of us; we enjoyed our first Canadian Army show in a cave at FONTAINE-HENRY.
On August 7th the Regt. moved to Reorganization Area at RYES near BAYEUX in a tented camp where towed 25pdrs. were reissued to us. GOC Keller was wounded on August 8th by Allied A/C at 3Div Tac Hdq.”

John;

Thanks! It confirms that the 'Royal Artillery Reorganization Centre' was in fact at RYES and by the sounds of it, the Regt, did in fact turn in their SPs around 1 Aug and then had, more or less a week off, before re-issue of towed 25pdrs - on 7 Aug.

'Harbour was at 996765 COLOMBY-SUR-THAON' - refers to the 'Regimental Harbour' they would have occupied after being relieved and pulling back from the line, prior to turning in their SPs and going on a bit of R&R from, say 2 to 6 Aug, before moving into the RYES 'RA re-org centre' for reissue with towed 25pdrs on the 7 Aug, by which time, if in fact RYES was the location of the 'AWD Kangaroo', they would have been clear of.

Cheers