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1945-10-17
Regiment 2nd Wiltshire
Location Einbeck 4760, Germany
Entry 1300: BRIGADIER LORNE CAMPBELL V.C. D.S.O. TD. who commanded 13TH BRIT INF BDE during the succesful campaign in SICILY and ITALY and who left the Brigade on the 27th Sep 1944 to take the appointment of B.G.S. (TRG) at WASHINGTON D.C. today visited the Bn. He is touring B.A.O.R. at the invitation of FIELD MARSHALL SIR B.L. MONTGOMERY G.C.B. D.S.O. to investigate the possibility of forming the Boy Scout Movement in GERMANY.