| 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: 3rd Bn Irish Guards | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREVENBICHT | 14 | The Bde Comd arrived at the Bn at 1000 hrs and told us that we had to take over from 125 Cav Recce Sqn US, a sector included NIEUWSTADT 6872 to incl HOLTUM 6573. Accordingly, recce parties set out for detailed recce of the area, and it was decided to occupy NIEUWSTADT with two coys, HOLTUM with one, and one coy was to be in Div res with Bn HQ at BORN 6472. The gap between NIEUWSTADT and HOLTUM was to be filled by Honey tks from 2 (Armd) IG. In the evening we received the news that that the Commanding Officer (Lt. Col. J.C.H. Vandeleur DSO) had received comd of 129 Inf Bde and was to leave us on the following morning. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Fred Bolle.
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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