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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: August 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.A.G. Bingley
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
30   B Sqn: Sqn moved through GISORS (6793) to area SOUGLANS (7522) and at 1700 hrs were ordered to seize and hold two bridges West of AMIENS. Numerous enemy elements encountered and little progress was made in daylight because of streams of German troops proceeding towards AMIENS, many of whom were either killed or taken prisoner.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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.