War Diary of 9th British Infantry Brigade - Preparations for Operation Overlord
Loading of Landing Craft Tank LCT(4) 611 (LTIN 371) and Landing Craft Tank LCT(4) 612 (LTIN 370) during Exercise FABIUS IV May 44 - IWM A23672
The D-Day Landing Timetable shows that LTIN 370 was due to carry 13 Members of 9th Infantry Brigade Defence Platoon, each with their own folding Airborne Bicycles (see below).
| LTIN (a) | Beaching time (b) | Code (c) | Unit serial | Unit part | Unit no. | Unit type | Unit or Sub-Unit (d) | Marching parties (e) | Vehicle parties (f) | No/tons (g) | Vehicle Type (h) | Type | Model | Port (j) | Craft serial(k) | Type and Mark(l) | Sector (m) | Remarks (n) | |
| 370 | H+285 | 16000/370 LCT(4) | 16000 | E RIDING YEO | E RIDING YEO | Ø | 26 | 2 | tk Sherman III ARV | ARV | Sherman III ARV | + | 370 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | ||||
| 370 | H+285 | 16000/370 LCT(4) | 16000 | E RIDING YEO | E RIDING YEO | Ø | 3 | tk lt Stuart | tk lt | Stuart | + | 370 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | |||||
| 370 | H+285 | 16000/370 LCT(4) | 16000 | E RIDING YEO | E RIDING YEO | Ø | 1 | M14 (US half track) | half track | M14 (US) | + | 370 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | |||||
| 370 | H+285 | /370 LCT(4) | 22 DGNS | 22 DGNS | 10 | 2 | tk Sherman flail | tk | Sherman flail | + | 370 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | ||||||
| 370 | H+285 | 1319/370 LCT(4) | 1319 | 1 KOSB | 1 KOSB | 5 | 1 | carrier mortar | carrier | mortar | + | 370 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | |||||
| 370 | H+285 | 1319/370 LCT(4) | 1319 | 1 KOSB | 1 KOSB | 1 | MC | MC | + | 370 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | loaded | ||||||
| 370 | H+285 | /370 LCT(4) | 50 | Beach Balloon Unit RAF | 50 Beach Balloon Unit RAF | 2 | + | 370 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | rig balloon on craft | ||||||||
| 370 | H+285 | 1375/370 LCT(4) | 1375 | 3 Br Inf Div Pro Coy | 3 Br Inf Div Pro Coy | 3 | 3 | MC | MC | + | 370 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | loaded on tk of E RIDING YEO | |||||
| 370 | H+285 | 1318A/370 LCT(4) | 1318A | Def Pl | 9 Br Inf Bde | 9 Br Inf Bde Def Pl | 13 | 13 | bicycle airborne | bicycle | airborne | + | 370 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | ||||
| 370 | H+285 | 1320/370 LCT(4) | 1320 | 2 RUR | 2 RUR | 10 | 2 | carrier mortar | carrier | mortar | + | 370 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | |||||
| 370 | H+285 | 1320/370 LCT(4) | 1320 | 2 RUR | 2 RUR | 2 | MC | MC | + | 370 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | loaded |
Landing Craft Tank LCT(4) 675 (LTIN 365) during Exercise FABIUS IV May 44 - IWM A23670
LTIN 365 Carried 5 Members of 9th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and 8 Members of 9th Infantry Brigade Defence Platoon on D-Day
Landing Craft Tank LCT(4) 675 (LTIN 365) during Exercise FABIUS IV May 44 - IWM A23671
LTIN 365 Carried 5 Members of 9th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and 8 Members of 9th Infantry Brigade Defence Platoon on D-Day
| LTIN (a) | Beaching time (b) | Code (c) | Unit serial | Unit part | Unit no. | Unit type | Unit or Sub-Unit (d) | Marching parties (e) | Vehicle parties (f) | No/tons (g) | Vehicle Type (h) | Type | Model | Port (j) | Craft serial(k) | Type and Mark(l) | Sector (m) | Remarks (n) | |
| 365 | H+285 | 16000/365 LCT(4) | 16000 | E RIDING YEO | E RIDING YEO | Ø | 33 | 2 | tk Sherman Vc | tk | Sherman Vc | + | 365 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | ||||
| 365 | H+285 | 16000/365 LCT(4) | 16000 | E RIDING YEO | E RIDING YEO | Ø | 5 | tk Sherman III | tk | Sherman III | + | 365 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | |||||
| 365 | H+285 | 23855/365 LCT(4) | 23855 | 90 | Armd Bde Coy RASC | 90 Armd Bde Coy RASC | 1 | 1 | MC | MC | + | 365 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | loaded on tk of E RIDING YEO | ||||
| 365 | H+285 | /365 LCT(4) | 50 | Beach Balloon Unit RAF | 50 Beach Balloon Unit RAF | 2 | + | 365 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | rig balloon on craft | ||||||||
| 365 | H+285 | 1319/365 LCT(4) | 1319 | 1 KOSB | 1 KOSB | 11 | 1 | carrier mortar | carrier | mortar | + | 365 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | |||||
| 365 | H+285 | 1319/365 LCT(4) | 1319 | 1 KOSB | 1 KOSB | 2 | carrier univ | carrier | univ | + | 365 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | coy comds | |||||
| 365 | H+285 | 1319/365 LCT(4) | 1319 | 1 KOSB | 1 KOSB | 3 | MC | MC | + | 365 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | loaded on vehs | ||||||
| 365 | H+285 | 1318/365 LCT(4) | 1318 | HQ | 9 Br Inf Bde | HQ 9 Br Inf Bde | 5 | 5 | bicycle airborne | bicycle | airborne | + | 365 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | ||||
| 365 | H+285 | 1348/365 LCT(4) | 1348 | 'K' Sec | 3 Br Inf Div Sigs | 'K' Sec Div Sigs | 3 | 3 | bicycle airborne | bicycle | airborne | + | 365 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | ||||
| 365 | H+285 | 1318A/365 LCT(4) | 1318A | Def Pl | 9 Br Inf Bde | 9 Br Inf Bde Def Pl | 8 | 8 | bicycle airborne | bicycle | airborne | + | 365 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE | ||||
| 365 | H+285 | 36175/365 LCT(4) | 36175 | HQ | 101 Beach Sub Area | HQ 101 Beach Sub Area | 13 | + | 365 | LCT(4) | QUEEN WHITE |
Appendix B
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