| 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: 3 MON | ||
| Month and Year: May 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.G. Orr |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERSHOT | 2 | CO and 2IC attended Civil Affairs Lecture | ||
| 3 | All Officers attended Photographic Interpretation Lecture | |||
| 4 | Offrs and Sgts TEWT run by CO and 2IC on TWESELDOWN HILL. | |||
| 4-6 | Mortar Pl proceeded to SOUTH DOWNS for battle practice shooting with 3” Mortars | |||
| 8 | Capt P.H. Hocquard, Lts J.F. Keyes, N. Lermon, R.J. Horwood, D.H. Jones (all SWB) and Lt P.H. Fiset (Canadian Inf) posted to 33 R.H.U. 102 ORs posted to 33 R.H.U. And 36 ORs posted to 105 Rfts Gp. | |||
| 12 | All Offrs and NCOs attended Flail Tank Demonstration. | |||
| 13 | Coys carried out trg in co-operation with flail tanks. | |||
| 15-16 | Bn Rifle meeting, competitive shooting carried out for prizes. | |||
| 17 | Orders received to commence conc of Bn for ops. | |||
| 18 | Corp Comd's address to all officers on forthcoming ops. | |||
| 24 | Lecture by MCLO to all offrs and NCOs on procedure for movement for ops. | |||
| 25 | 6 Offrs attended demonstration of firing of a “Conger” | |||
| ALDERSHOT | 25 | Exercise “Red” – CO, 2IC and Coy Comds with 80 ORs were inspected and addressed, with other representative parties from the Corps, by Gen Eisenhower. | ||
| 26 | Capt FS Atkinson (Canadian Inf) posted to 33 R.H.U. | |||
| 26 | Bde Comd's lecture to all ranks on forthcoming ops | |||
| 27 | Bde Comd's lecture to all ranks on forthcoming ops | |||
| 28 | Bn completed conc for ops at 0900 hrs. Bn at 6 hrs notice from that time. | |||
| 28 | During morning CO inspected all vehs and in the afternoon all Coys in Embarkation Order | |||
| 29 | 1025 | G.O.C. Inspected Bn Vehs |
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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