Operation Overlord D-Day dossier – April 1944
Author: Gareth Owen
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“Overlord”
S. & T. Administrative Instructions Issued By O. C., R.A.S.C. Hants & Dorset District
Longford Castle
Salisbury
April 1944
This dossier contains a range of information regarding the build up to the D Day landings. Copy number 80 has 86 pages with the following subject headings:
- Object of instruction
- Organisation
- Intercommunication
- Supplies
- Petrol, Derv, Oils and Grease
- Pioneer Corps
- Transport
- Barrack Services
- Catering
- Postal Arrangements
Appendices
- Gamp Standing Orders
- Indent for Rations
- List of Petrel Pumps
- Holdings of Petrol, Derv and Oils
- Indent for P.O.L.
- Allotment of Transport
- Field Cooking Equipment
- Catering Control
- Establishment of personnel
- Cooks Duty Roster
- Demand Note
- Menu 1 and 2
- Protection of Food against Gas
- Recipes
- Bomb Disposal Report
You can find out more about the New Forest’s vital role in D-Day from Mulberry Harbour, to holding camps, road widening, advanced landing grounds, PLUTO and Embarkation by visiting our main page on D-Day in the New Forest.
Date: 1944