Name/Title
RMR War Diary WWII - September 1941Entry/Object ID
2026x.13.07Scope and Content
WWII RMR War Diary from September 1941 (Triplicate). The date range listed on the front cover is September 1, 1941 to September 30, 1941. They were located in Sutton, Surrey, England at this time.
The contents of the diary include:
- Information regarding training and exercises/schemes such as "Rinso" and "Bumper"
- Discussion of church parades
- Discussion of Bn. baseball team
- Discussion of visit by Major-General C.B. Price to attend a joint service of the RMR and the Home Guard.
- Court-Martial attended by the C.O.
-Dances at Sutton Hard Court Club, including one organized by Mrs. Stevens (the wife of Capt. B.W. Stevens) and Mrs. Lynch (the wife of Lt. D.T. Lynch) organized for the purpose of RMR personnel wives to meet each other
-National Day of Prayer
- Lectures attended (including lecture on campaigns in the Middle East)
- German propaganda film "Victory in the West" watched by Major P.H. Barre and Lt. B.A.H. Smith at Reigate
- Screening of training film "Name, Rank, and Number"
- Daily harvesting parties
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- Swimming meet where an RMR team competed
- Visit from Hon. R.B. Hanson (Canadian Conservation party politician) in which they had in the Officers' Mess
- Brief descriptions of how days were spent, such as cleaning, doing exercises, checking weapons, movement, etc.
There are two separate diaries/intelligence summaries for the dates August 1 - 31 (likely two groups divided in different areas/for different tasks), one of which discusses only work/small jobs. It appears to be signed by H.J. Slade QMS (?).
The second/main Diary is initialed on each page and signed on the final page by Maj. P.H. Barre.
Inside the War Diary jacket (and stapled to the second diary) was a set of administrative documents pertaining to detachments/attachments, promotions, appointments, and general updates (Part II Orders Issued by Canadian Section, G.H.Q., 2nd Echelon) corresponding to personnel in the Canada Army, including some RMR personnel, for the month of September 1941.Lexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsArchive Details
Creator
Gina WhelanDate(s) of Creation
Sep 1, 1941 - Sep 30, 1941Primary Language
EnglishRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Barre, Paul Herbert, Kay, Frederick Gordon, Price, Charles Basil, MacRae, Donald, Hickey, Charles J., Partridge, R. B., Stacey, Cyril, Laing, John M., Stevens, Joan Dora, Stevens, Basil Webster., Lynch, Darcy Thompson, Weir, Andrew BeresfordRelated Places
Place
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Sutton, Surrey, EnglandCountry
United KingdomContinent
Europe