| 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: 2nd Household Cavalry Regt. | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H. Abel Smith |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Gds. Armd. Div. assumed a counter attack role in sp of Inf Divs of 30 Corps who now take over from 12 Corps the close defence of NIJMEGEN and GRAVE bridge. The whole Regt comes on to 4 hours notice. 1 - 9 Oct was a very static period but Sqns had quite good billets nearly all men being under cover. D Sqn billets were in the rather attractive village of LEUR, where the Padre held 2 Sunday Services in the Dutch Protestant Church in the village. Gds. Armd. Div., started a club for Offrs and O.Rs, in the Barracks at GRAVE and the Cinema and E.N.S.A., shows were popular. |
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.
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