TracesOfWar needs your help! Every euro, pound or dollar you contribute greatly supports the continuation of this website. Go to stiwot.nl and donate!
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: 1st Bn The Herefordshire Regt.
Month and Year: August 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. G.R. Turner Cain.
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
4   Still in reserve and subjected to slight shelling. An offr of the Bn seated himself at the side of the road to brief a small patrol od two men. While he was doing so a car drove up and some Germans jumped out and was as suprised to see him as he was to see them. The Germans put the offr and the patrol in the bag and drove of with them in their car.The third member of the patrol who had been lying in a ditch returned and reported the incident.

Source: 11th Armoured Division.

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.