| 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: 8th Bn. The Rifle Brigade | ||
| Month and Year: June 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. E.D. Treneer-Michell |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 0800 | 'H' and 'G' Coys revert to Bn. comd. 'H' Coy pushes on again to the wood with 2 pls of 'G' Coy while the rest of 'G' Coy takes over the field and Bn.H.Q. Gp. (less 119 Bty) moves up to area 958624. This posn was held all day without charge, being all the time under observed fire from 88mm's in the area CARPIQUET 9767, as well as mortars from the EAST, SOUTH and WEST. Major K.O. Mackenzie, Lieuts. B.T. Neill, M.R. Ireland Blackburne and G.B.S. Osborne were wounded and evacuated. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com.
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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