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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: 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.G. Byron
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
8 0700 The Regiment moved out and halted with our head short of BEERINGEN at PAIL where we stayed until just after mid-day. While going down a steep hill in DIEST, Lieut. J.H.G. Ford’s Crusader lost its air pressure and crashed into a pylon carrying electric cables which caused a great display of sparks in the wires and bringing the pylon to the ground. The tank and its occupants were unhurt.

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.