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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: 4th Bn the Wiltshire Regt
Month and Year: October 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. E.L. Luce, DSO, TD
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
10   Civilians evacuated from fwd areas, this being done because of the en being able to correct his arty fire during darkness of previous night, thereby giving suspicions of en agents observing the results of arty fire. Rain falling all day long causing certain amount of discomfort to tps unable to find cover to sleep in.

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.