WO 171/1387 - 2 Royal Warwickshire Regiment - October 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: 2nd Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regt
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer:

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	18		At 0800 hours the battalion started their advance on the monastery at ST SERVATIUS with 'B' and 'D' companies leading. 'D' company were able to reach their objective, the south east corner, without opposition except mortar and shell fire, but 'B' company came under heavy MG fire when they were about four-hundred yards from their objective, the north east corner, and were pinned down. Two troops of tanks were sent up to 'B' company to help them deal with this opposition but owing to mines the were delayed considerably and it was not until 1500 hours that 'B' company were established on their objective. In the meantime 'A' and 'C' companies had moved up through positions on the west of the monastery and battalion headquarters was established in the centre of the monastery by 1600 hours. Casualties during the day were as follows:- Officers - killed: Lt DE Hosker, wounded: Lt FH Clayton. Other Ranks: killed: 6, wounded: 16 and missing: 2. Three sergeants were absorbed into War Establishment from 1/7 Warwick, The 8 Br Inf BDE had now cleared VENRAY and were established in the south of it, and the battalion was firmly established in the monastery area with A tk guns in position. The battalions' part in the operation was now completed.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.

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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