Note: The 10th Parachute Battalion war diary for the period 18th - 25th September 1944 was lost when the Battalion was overrun on the 21st September 1944. As such this very brief record only notes their departure from and return to England.

Abbreviations

Bn

Battalion

Month and year: September 1944

Commanding Officer : Lt.Col. K.B.I. Smyth

1st to 3rd September 1944

Place: Somerby

Planning of operation in Belgium.  Operation cancelled at last moment.

5th to 8th September 1944

Place: Somerby

Planning of operation in Holland, but operation again cancelled at last moment.

15th to 17th September 1944

Place: Somerby

Planning of operation in Holland.

18th September 1944

Place: Somerby

Bn emplaned for operations in N.W. Europe.

30th September 1944

Place: Somerby

Survivors of Arnhem return to Somerby with part of 1st Seaborne Party.