# Supplementary Source Inventory — Pte. Bill Bloggins (placeholder)
## Calgary Highlanders, 1–10 September 1944

**Purpose:** Curated list of supplementary documents to accompany the Calgary Highlanders main war diary narrative for the v2 prototype descendant report.
**Focus window:** 1–10 September 1944
**Source PDFs covered:** Calgary Highlanders, 5 Cdn Inf Bde, RHC Black Watch (R de Mais inventory not provided)
**Inventory coverage:** CH pp. 1–45 of 343 · 5 CIB pp. 1–56 of 193 · BW pp. 1–51 of 144
**Document count:** 24 items
**Status:** Ready for use; gaps flagged at end

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## Selection criteria (priority order)

1. Documents covering specific events the Calgary Highlanders were involved in during 1–10 Sep 1944
2. Brigade-level signals, sitreps, or orders covering the same dates and actions
3. Sister-battalion entries that mention or coordinate with the Calgary Highlanders during the focus window
4. Patrol programmes, patrol reports, casualty returns, or other operational documents adding detail beyond the diary narrative

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## Source 1 — Calgary Highlanders War Diary
**File:** `Calgary-Highlanders_War-Diary_Sep44.pdf` (343 pp; inventoried 1–45)

| Page(s) | Document type | Date covered | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Appendix index | Sep 44 | Master key to the file — locates Appx 12 (Memorial Service 3 Sep), Appx 13 (Dieppe march past), Appx 10 (Daily News sheets) referenced in narrative for focus window |
| 21–26 | War diary narrative pp. 15–20 | 11–13 Sep 44 | **Just outside window** — direct continuation of Loon Plage fighting Bloggins entered 7–10 Sep; drop if hard 10 Sep cut required |

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## Source 2 — 5 Cdn Inf Bde War Diary
**File:** `5CIB_War-Diary_Sep44.pdf` (193 pp; inventoried 1–56)

| Page(s) | Document type | Date covered | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5–20 | Bde war diary narrative (Brig. Megill) | 1–30 Sep 44 | Brigade-level command perspective on the same operations; only 1–10 Sep entries in scope |
| 22–26 | Part I Orders (Appx 1) | 15 Sep 44 | Marginal — dated outside window but routine orders often cover preceding fortnight (dress, censorship, discipline) |
| 28–34 | AFW 3008 Field Returns of Officers (Appx 3) | wks ending 2 & 9 Sep 44 | Officer strength returns spanning focus window — establishes who was commanding what when Bloggins arrived |
| 35–43 | AFW 3009 Field Returns of Other Ranks (Appx 4) | wks ending 2 & 9 Sep 44 | OR strength returns — directly relevant to Bloggins as reinforcement; bde-level intake picture in his first days |
| 44 | Mov Order No 4 | 1 Sep 44 | Bde move order on Day 1 of window — order under which CH moved from Totes area |
| 45 | Trace "T" — unit dispositions | 1 Sep 44 | Companion trace to Mov Order 4 — shows CH placement within bde at start of window |
| 46 | Mov Order No 5 | 1 Sep 44 | Second 1 Sep move order — sequencing of bde group movement |
| 47 | Trace "R" — route sketch | 1 Sep 44 | Route sketch for Mov Order 5 |
| 48–49 | Mov Order No 6 | 5 Sep 44 | Mid-window move order covering advance toward Dunkerque outpost line |
| 50 | Route Card, 2 Cdn Inf Div | 5 Sep 44 | Div-level route card companion to Mov Order 6 — divisional context for bde move |
| 51–52 | Mov Order No 7 | 6 Sep 44 | Move order issued day before CH narrative records Bourbourgville advance — likely the order that put CH into contact |

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## Source 3 — RHC Black Watch War Diary
**File:** `RHC-Blackwatch_War-Diary_Sep44.pdf` (144 pp; inventoried 1–51)

| Page(s) | Document type | Date covered | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–15 | Bn war diary narrative (Lt-Col Ritchie) | 1–30 Sep 44 | Sister-bn narrative; only 1–10 Sep entries in scope. BW alongside CH through Dieppe parade (3 Sep) and advance to Dunkerque approaches |
| 18 | SHAEF "Enemy Defences" trace | 23 Aug 44 | Pre-window but describes enemy defences CH would encounter at Bourbourgville/Loon Plage from 7 Sep — operational intel context |
| 19 | Dunkerque Plan of Port & Town | n/d | Terrain CH was advancing toward through focus window |
| 20 | Dunkerque defence overprint map | Ed. 11 Sep 44 | Compiled from air photo info as at 1 Sep and other sources as at 10 Sep — situation across Bloggins's first ten days |
| 21 | Defence overprint legend | n/d | Companion key to the overprint — needed to read p. 20 |
| 24–25 | RHC Field Return of Officers | wk ending 2 Sep 44 | Sister-bn officer strength at start of window |
| 26–27 | RHC Field Return of Officers | wk ending 9 Sep 44 | Sister-bn officer strength at close of window |
| 33 | Field Message Form (Lt-Col Ritchie to coys) | 10 Sep 44, 0025 hrs | Only timed BW signal in window — H-hour change to 0755, RV at 853093 at 0700; bde-sector operational tempo on closing night |
| 34–35 | RHC Field Return of Other Ranks | wk ending 3 Sep 44 | Sister-bn OR strength — comparison of reinforcement intake across CH/RHC/R de M |
| 36–37 | RHC Field Return of Other Ranks | wk ending 10 Sep 44 | Same, end of window |
| 50 | APIS 2 Cdn Inf Div trace, Part I | 1 Sep 44 | Divisional intel trace from first day of window — beach defences, MGs, minefields in bde sector |
| 51 | APIS 2 Cdn Inf Div trace, Part II | ~1 Sep 44 | Continuation of p. 50 trace |

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## Items considered and excluded

| Source | Page(s) | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|---|
| BW | 22–23, 28–29, 30–31 | Officer returns wks ending 16, 23, 30 Sep — outside window |
| BW | 38–39, 40–41, 42–44 | OR returns wks ending 16, 23, 30 Sep — outside window |
| BW | 46–49 | Undated coy messages and faded carbon — cannot place in window with confidence |
| 5 CIB | 53–56 | Mov Orders 9 (17 Sep) and later — outside window |

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## Gaps — material expected but not in catalogued ranges

1. **R de Mais war diary inventory** — not provided. Largest gap. R de Mais was the third bn in 5 CIB, operating alongside CH throughout focus window. Without it, criterion 3 (sister-bn coordination) is half-answered.

2. **Calgary Highlanders Appendices 3–15** — none catalogued. The CH Move Orders (Appx 4), Messages (Appx 5), Patrol Programme (Appx 6), Memorial Service 3 Sep (Appx 12), and March Past Dieppe (Appx 13) are all directly in scope and almost certainly the highest-value supplementary documents in the entire source set. **Inventorying CH pp. 46–343 should be the next priority.**

3. **5 CIB Ops Log (Appx 13, sheets 109–161)** — un-catalogued in pp. 57–193. Bde signal log for the whole month; would be the single richest source of bde-level granularity for 1–10 Sep.

4. **5 CIB Patrol Programmes and Patrol Reports (Appx 6, 7)** — un-catalogued. Patrol activity at Loon Plage from 9–10 Sep described in CH narrative; patrol reports would corroborate.

5. **5 CIB Int Report on Dunkerque, 13 Sep** (Appx 10) — outside date but retrospective on focus-window area; un-catalogued.

6. **BW Appx 6 (Warning Orders, movement tables)** and **Appx 8 (Sitreps)** — un-catalogued in pp. 52–144. Sitreps would map well onto focus window.

7. **No casualty returns** in any catalogued range. CH narrative refers to casualties 7–10 Sep at Bourbourgville/Loon Plage; actual casualty returns (Part II Orders, AFW 3010-series, or unit casualty lists) aren't in catalogued portions of any file. Likely in CH Appx 2 (Part II Orders) or BW Appx 2 ("to follow").

8. **No artillery task tables** in scope. CH Appx 3 (Arty Task Tables) and BW Appx 7 (RCA Conc tables, tasks) both un-catalogued and would directly cover fire support for actions Bloggins was in.

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## Recommended next inventory pass

To meaningfully increase supplementary-source density:

- **CH pp. 46–100** — capture early appendices likely covering 1–10 Sep (Move Orders, Messages, Patrol Programme, Memorial Service, Dieppe March Past)
- **5 CIB pp. 57–100** — find start of Ops Log (Appx 13) and patrol material (Appx 6, 7)
- **R de Mais Sep 44 war diary** — full inventory pp. 1–~50 to recover sister-bn coordination evidence

These three passes would roughly double the supplementary-source density of this list.
