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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 (incl Def Pl)
Month and Year: November 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brig. E.L. Bols
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
VENRAY 26   1 Norfolk and 2 KSLI had busy day evacuating civilians from their area. This was completed by 1730 hrs. It was expected that contact would be made with 15 (S) Div adv NORTH on the EAST of the Beek but although tps of that Div were seen in the distance no contact was made.

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.