Gareth Davies Posted 27 January , 2019 Share Posted 27 January , 2019 I know that the title might make you think that this is all about the Second World War but there is a Great War connection. I was having a look through 40 RTR's War Diary this afternoon (slow day here in Wiltshire) and was interested to see that the codewords used to change the Bn's state of readiness in August 1939 were Byng, Allenby, and Plumer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisonmallen62 Posted 27 January , 2019 Share Posted 27 January , 2019 As in Viscounts? Vimy, Ypres etc. I wonder how many other code words were derived from the Great War? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 27 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 27 January , 2019 Yes. They also used Clive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 28 January , 2019 Admin Share Posted 28 January , 2019 Gareth Here are a couple of ww1 records that may be of interest to you http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/ae0756d3-7f39-452c-b69d-bbab5a93b368 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/2c5911ab-603d-4725-b841-c3917e39d88c Looks like there are loads of ww2 records relating to code words at NA too. Regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 28 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 28 January , 2019 David I have spent many an hour in the KCL Liddell Hart Centre so in theory I should have that document somewhere in my somewhat shambolic filing system. But many thanks for pointing it out to me as I may well have missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisonmallen62 Posted 28 January , 2019 Share Posted 28 January , 2019 21 hours ago, Gareth Davies said: They also used Clive. So is that Welsh Guards Percy Herbert? My gransha told me about him but I’m not sure where he came across him he was a South Wales Borderer. I may be on wrong track though. I guess using such names would keep the enemy guessing if they ever got hold of such info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 28 January , 2019 Share Posted 28 January , 2019 21 hours ago, Gareth Davies said: Yes. They also used Clive. But not Derek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 28 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 28 January , 2019 Nope. Derek only appears once in the RTR War Diaries - Lt Derek Grahame-Parker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisonmallen62 Posted 28 January , 2019 Share Posted 28 January , 2019 I am wondering now why my grandfather mentioned him P Herbert, many moons ago I can only think his stepfather may have crossed paths during the first war. Not too sure but would it be feasible that as a soldier training he could have been told of him? I know very little except he died of wounds? Will do some looking up and teach myself something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 29 January , 2019 Share Posted 29 January , 2019 Slightly tangential to the original query, but one of the oddest incidents of WW2 involved The Daily Telegraph crossword: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Day_Daily_Telegraph_crossword_security_alarm Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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