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It takes me a long time to post anything. I typed that sentence about a minute ago; only one word became immediately visible - the rest came up later. I have not even found any other thread.

Monday, 14th May 1945

Bundy is no longer wondering how the other companies are doing. Word has now arrived from A Coy, whose accommodation is not quite as luxurious, but they are not jealous. They have German female housekeepers to scrub their floors, and the word "scrubbers" is taking on a new meaning.



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My machine nearly crashed!
It has now been restructured, but without a Publisher programme.
I will try to re-create some pages, but the dates may be even more inaccurate than at present.
Here is today's attempt:

Tuesday, 15th May 1945

We have spent the night in a warm, comfortable (and clean!) barn. Now we have little to do but watch the arrival - on a bicycle - of the Baron, who needs to make some arrangements with his ostler. Germans are not yet allowed motor transport.
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Wednesday, 16th May 1945

Bundy - time to stop pretending he is.. er.. I am ..someone else:-
Today I commence a thorough reconnaissance of the now uninhabited (except for the officers and sergeant) schloss, looking for a suitable room for the Company office and useful items of equipment. The best room seems to be the one next to the entrance hall. In passing, I examine a display cabinet in the hall and find a case the right size for my binoculars. The S.B.O. looks the other way while I pocket it; no doubt he has his eye on some of the other useful, rare and expensive items on display.
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Thursday, 17th May 1945

I continue my search for useful devices, starting on the top floor of the schloss, which seems to be one large box room. There is a wire fence-like wall separating part of the room and beyond it, among other things, a polished wood box about a foot tall, with a carrying handle. I recognise this as a microscope case, and am tempted to purloin it but we are now at peace with Germany, so what would previously have been regarded as legitimate "soldier's booty" has now become loot. However the borrowing of a typewriter, presumably to give back after use, is still legitimate, so we now have the beginnings of a company office.

The ostler brings a mare out into the corral while the men congregate around the fence and a stud arrives. This will be the men's first experience of stud farming.

It is also the first regularly organised payday since D-Day.

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Friday, 18th May 1945

The estate was rather empty last night. Almost to a man, the unit went to Bad Segeberg, leaving behind the MO, the SBO, the sergeant, the Don R, one driver, Scotty, Bundy and 2 cooks. The other driver took them both ways, but came back sober.

Today we have a letter from Corps Commander, Airborne Divisions, thanking us, the 194 (Air Landing) Field Ambulance, for our support after the Rhine crossing, when the pontoon bridge was inadequate for two-way traffic and we were unable to evacuate the casualties. Instead, we had opened a large house as a field hospital and operated it until we were relieved.

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Saturday, 19th May 1945

The army has a new role - supervising civilian affairs. Bundy's part in the reorganisation is the management of the S.M.O.s office in Bad Segeburg, so he does a recce of the local hospital management office. The typewriter key board is not QWERTY, but qwertz. Is there no "Y" in German?
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Sunday, 20th May 1945

The Baron's typewriter comes in useful for writing to Gnr. Hartog ("Harry") Davidson (Royal Netherlands Brigade). Harry and I have been corresponding since the liberation of Tilburg. I borrow the typewriter for my new office and start commuting daily between Rohlsdorf and Bad Segeburg along virtually empty roads. Hundreds of cars are stationary in an otherwise empty field opposite the new office. These are presumably German and consequently immobilised.
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Monday, 21st May 1945

I open up the S.M.O. office. You do not want to know what I do there - do you? It is just boring routine. The hardest part is attempting to understand documents received from the local hospitals.
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Tuesday, 22nd May 1945

The routine is now somewhat more lively, as bed states start arriving from those hospitals. I can just about understand them enough to correlate them, anglicise the results and tabulate them.
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