| 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: Inns of Court Regt, RAC | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.A.G. Bingley |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | A Sqn: Reveille 0415: Sqn moved 0600 hrs. SECLIN strongly held by enemy and not cleared until early afternoon. Sqn followed N.E. route through SECLIN – VANDEVILLE – CHERING – SIN – TOUFFLERS (Belgian frontier crossed at this point) – NECHIN – PECQ crossing Escaut Canal at WARCOING – CELLES – RENAIX – OUDENARDE. Evidence of a hurried German retreat was seen in the dead horses, broken guns, tractors and burning houses, but no live Germans were encountered. |
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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