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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: HQ 185 Inf Bde
Month and Year: August 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brig. E.L. Bols
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
12   Norfolk stay in ROULIERS. Bde HQ (Main) moved up to Tac HQ and came under a sudden burst of shelling which seriously wounded Camp Comd (Lt. J.R. Whittle) who later died and also wounded Sigs Offr 1 (Capt. M.A. Philp) Int Cpl (L/Cpl. Poulton) and two others.

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.