Larkhill’s Wartime Locators by Mangilli-climpson, Massimo -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Chapter 1 - The Missed Years: Victory to Depression

Notes

Chapter 2 - The Second BEF and the Miracle at Dunkirk

Expansion of Wartime Survey in Pre-War 1st Survey Regiment: 1939 the first months of the ‘Phoney’ War 2nd Survey Regiment The Uncertain Wait Goes On, January—April 1940 ‘The Balloon’ goes up, May 10-16th The Dyle-Escaut Line, May 17-21st Frontier Line, May 22-26th Polforce, May 20-25th The ‘Miracle’ Return through Dunkirk, May 26-june 3rd Return from the South, May 10th-June 10th Notes

Chapter 3 - The Day War broke out ...

Larkhill, Brighton and the OCTUs The Territorials: 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Survey Regiments Notes

Chapter 4 - All Aboard: Surveyors’ Sea Travels

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Chapter 5 - A Troop Lights up the Survey in the First Victory

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Chapter 6 - The Italians Lose an Empire and Their Place in the Sun

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Chapter 7 - Attempt for Balkan Sun, and Another Disaster

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Chapter 8 - The Strange Death and Rebirth of Survey

Death of Survey or of a Survey Regiment, July 1940 The Growth of Larkhill Changing Face of the Survey Units Sea Lion and the Battle for Britain The New Faces 1941-42: 7th, 8th and 9th Survey Regiments The Gun Correctors, 1st and 2nd Calibration Troops Odds and Sods: the Extras in the Unit Last Months at Home Notes Notes

Survey Lines: The First Static Period May-November 1941 The Tobruk Fortress Operation ‘Crusader’ The Darkest Day for 4th Survey The First Alamein, July 1942 The Lull before the Storm Monty’s (and 4th Survey’s) Finest Hour, October—November 1942 First stop Marsa Brega: Destination Tripoli, December 1942-January 1943 Notes

Chapter 10 - An Interim, a Backwater or a Holiday Front

Notes Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV

Chapter 11 - The Torch that burnt the Axis out of North Africa

A lot of survey with the arrival of the Axis and of rain, November 1942-january 1943 The Black Month - when 5th Survey became noticed, February 1943 Two Ms: The Battles for Medenine and Mareth, March 1943 Slow progress but still little hope, March 1943 Wadi Akarit The Start of New Plans, April 1-20th Two Armies, three sectors, one plan, April 14-21st Operation Vulcan Enfidaville in the last days of April Operation Strike strikes Tunis, May 4-14th The Long or Short Wait Notes Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV Appendix V Appendix VI Appendix VIII Appendix VIII Appendix IX

Chapter 12 - Return to Europe

Notes Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV

Chapter 13 - The ‘D Day Dodgers’ in the ‘Soft Underbelly’

Baytown and 3rd Survey’s Early days in the South Salerno - Enter the 8th From Termoli to the River Sangro The Middle Section: Vinchiaturo and Campobasso Battle of Volturno Lanciano, Ortona and S. Vito - 5th Survey Christmas 1943 in Isernia, the Lanciano front and the Poles Capture of Mt. Camino and the Garigliano battles Anzio The First Three Battles of Mt. Cassino Anzio: From the Lull to the Breakout March-May 1944 The Fourth Battle of Cassino A Child is Born: the 4 Pen recorder Battle of Lake Trasimene to Arezzo The Calibrators in Action The Pisa and Leghorn sojourn among the Americans The Move against Bibbiena, and the Plans Change One Hop from Florence The Adriatic sector hots up 5th US Army offensive in Florence The first attempt on Bologna, September 1944 The Battles across the Emilian Rivers Forgotten Preparations before the Final Push Three months wait - January-March 1945 Lift Up the Drawbridge Notes Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV Appendix V Appendix VI

Chapter 14 - Preparations for the Invasion and Doodlebug Secrets

Larkhill’s Cupboard of new equipment enlarges Another two Survey Regiments are formed, 10th and 11th Survey Regiment Unexpected Explosions for the Calibrators, ist, 3rd, 4th and 5th Calibration Troops Long-range Missiles over Britain Cherry Mission Bad Boys and Some Joys of Peace Notes Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV Appendix V

Chapter 15 - Victory in Europe: The March from Normandy to Berlin

Establishing a Beachhead for the Landings The First knock on Caen’s door The Racing Operations: From Epsom to Goodwood June-July 1944 A British Breakout Crossing the Seine and the rush towards Belgium The Fall of St Valéry, Le Havre and Calais From the Escaut to Market Garden The I Corps Front: Antwerp to Breda, September-October 1944 A Pheasant takes’s-Hertogenbosch and Tilburg Clearing the Maas Operation Clipper at Geilenkirchen The Adventures of 1st Calibration Troop The Cold Winter in the Ardennes All Quiet on the Canadian front, November 1944-January 1945 Operation Blackcock rules the roost Veritable and the Reichswald, Grenade and the Push into the Rhineland Preparations for the Final Operations, 1st and 4th Calibration Troops The Forgotten Front The Rhine crossing and the End of the end Notes Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV Appendix V Appendix VI Appendix VIII Appendix III

Chapter 17 - A Long Indian Summer

Notes

Chapter 18 - The Forgotten Surveyors

Numbers Becoming a Prisoner of War Notes

Chapter 19 - After the Bomb

1 Far East 2 Austria and Italy 3 Germany Return to Normality Survey Associations Notes

Chapter 20 - The Old World keeps on turning

From 1st Observation to 94th Locating Regiments 52nd Observation Regiment Territorial Army organization Korea: The First Post-War Locating Campaign Organizations and Reorganizations Notes

Acknowledgements Bibliography MAPS CHARTS Index PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS