WO 171/607 - 6 Guards Tank Brigade - June 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: 6th Guards Tank Brigade
Month and Year: June 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brigadier G.L. Verney, M.V.O.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	24		At 0615 hrs Tk Bde Wksps R.E.M.E. received a direct hit from pilotless plane which was shot down by one of our fighters. The plane fall on the Nissen huts in which the men were sleeping and all the huts were completely destroyed. Considerable damage was done to property and stores and a certain number of vehicles were superficially damaged. There were fifty one (51) fatal casualties and 9 O.Rs. and 1 Officer were admitted to hospital some in a serious condition. The following is a list of the trades of personnel who were killed.

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

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