| 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: 6th Guards Tank Brigade | ||
| Month and Year: July 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brigadier G.L. Verney, M.V.O. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 1630 | Started to disembark on “Gold” Beach, half a mile to the E. of ASNELLES Sur MER. By 1900 hrs the whole party were in the assembly area S. of BUHOT (862848). It was found that all the careful instructions we had received on disembarkation procedure before leaving England were of no value to us at all. Transit Areas had been abolished since D+1 and units diesembarking were usually sent straight forward to the Concentration Area from the Beach. This was entirely different to what we had been told to expect. |
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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