| Instructions regarding War Diaries and Intelligence
Summaries are contained in F.S. Regs., Vol. 1.
and the Staff Manual respectively Title pages
will be prepared in manuscript. |
WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| Unit: HQ 159 Infantry Brigade | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brigadier J.B. Churcher |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.L.A. | 17 | 0730 | At 0730 hrs Tac Bde Hq moved for new area near DEURNE, followed by 2 Ff Yeo and 4Ksli. 1 Hereford and 15/19 H were ordered to pass through 7 Us Armd div and take IJSSELSTEIGN 7222 - to start adv at 1000 hrs. Contact was made with 7 Us Armd Div and a plan was made. The area was reported to be heavily mined with A Tk and Ap mines. Special attention of this fact was brought to the notice of all dvrs in the Hq. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Pim van Gelder.
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.
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