TRANSLATE WD HQ 10 CDN INF BDE

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  1. PICARFOU

    PICARFOU PICARFOU

    Hi there,
    I am translating the war diaries of HQ 10 CDN INF BDE of September 01 and 02, 1944 concerning the liberation of Airaines.

    I have some difficulty with some terms and sentence meanings (words in italics highlighted)

    Thank you for your help.
    Cordially,
    Franck


    1 Sep 44

    18CAR 1130 SA fire CL up to Airaines

    L & W Taken up posn at RL ELX. Est HQ at 860583

    4 Bde 1816 … LSR one coy with each Armd regt



    2 Sep 44

    Bde 0027 … Shelldrake will be contacting you re op

    Bde 0724 …L & W Regt moving on LICE.

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  2. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    LSR = Lake Superior Regiment
     
  3. PICARFOU

    PICARFOU PICARFOU

    Hello Owen,
    thanks for the information.
    The Lake Superior Regiment (motor) belonging to the 4th Canadian Armored Brigade, hence the term Bde on this line.
     
  4. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Bde 0027 … Shelldrake will be contacting you re op

    Shelldrake is an Artillery term, I think refers to the artillery commander of the Division.

    re op, I would think is short for 'regards operation'.


     
  5. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    18CAR 1130 SA fire CL up to Airaines

    SA fire= small arms fire .

    Not sure on CL
     
  6. Temujin

    Temujin Member

    [QUOTE="PICARFOU, post: 984243, member: 34741"

    1 Sep 44

    18CAR 1130 SA fire CL up to Airaines

    SA fire means SMALL ARMS FIRE

    L & W Taken up posn at RL ELX. Est HQ at 860583

    RL ELX is actually RL ELK……ELK is most likely another code word for a position on the map


    4 Bde 1816 … LSR one coy with each Armd regt



    2 Sep 44

    Bde 0027 … Shelldrake will be contacting you re op

    SHELLDRAKE is the code word for the “Commander of Artillery UNIT”.
    Re op I suggests mean “regarding operation” (an upcoming operation)


    Bde 0724 …L & W Regt moving on LICE.

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    I’ve put means above in the quote from your post
     
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  7. Temujin

    Temujin Member

    Opppps, Owen and I are posting same thing
     
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  8. PICARFOU

    PICARFOU PICARFOU

    Thank you very much Owen for your help.
     
  9. Temujin

    Temujin Member

    I would suggest “LICE” is probably a radio code word for a specific position in the operation…..may be a bridge, or river, or town etc.
     
  10. idler

    idler GeneralList

    SA fire CL is probably reporting small arms fire on the centre line up to Airaisne.

    RL ELX is report line ELK - just a line on a map codenamed ELK used to report progress.

    re op is better translated as regarding [the] operation
     
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  11. PICARFOU

    PICARFOU PICARFOU


    Hello Temujin, thank you for your answer. For LICE it is an axis of progression or a road I think.
     
  12. idler

    idler GeneralList

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  13. PICARFOU

    PICARFOU PICARFOU

    There was this card in the WD but no name matches.
     

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  14. PICARFOU

    PICARFOU PICARFOU


    Hello Idler, thank you for this information. I'm going to put it all back together.
     

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