Hi!
Il est question ici du 4 th Borders :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2people ... 4388.shtml
"The two Divisions were the 51st Highland Division and the 1st Armoured Brigade (Division, certainement : iffig). Line of Communication troops were brigaded together as infantry to act as support to those two Divisions.
One of these brigades of infantry was named the 23rd Brigade and attached to the 1st Armoured Division. Part of the new brigade was the 4th Battalion The Border Regiment. This was a regimental formation of men drawn from the towns and villages of Cumberland and Westmorland: Carlisle, Penrith, Keswick, Grasmere, Longtown, Brampton, Hexham, Alston and many others. The HQ of the battalion was in Kendal, then in Westmorland.
The 4th Borders go into action
Moving out from the Brittany towns of Brest, Morlaix and St Malo, and then finally arriving at Aumale, the 4th Border was allotted the task of capturing three bridges west of Amiens on the River Somme."
Ce que je comprends, c'est qu'il fait partie des troupes initialement affectées aux Lines of Communication et "embrigadées" pour renforcer la 1 st Armoured Division.
Il est précisé qu'il est venu de Brest, Morlaix et Saint-Malo pour être regroupé à Aumale (Seine inférieure), en mesure de s'emparer de trois ponts sur la Somme ; on peut donc penser qu'il était stationné dans ces ports bretons, tant qu'il était rattaché aux Lines of Communications Troops.
Témoignage à confirmer, évidemmant.
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