| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | The Regiment moved in accordance with last night's orders to take up it's new position S. of BOURG LEOPOLD. Conflicting reports were received as to whether or not BOURG LEOPOLD is held. This modern town had been occupied by SS Tps. and in May that portion of it had been almost totally destroyed by the RAF in which raid it is understood nearly all the SS were killed numbering over 1,000, and it is also understood there had been imprisoned in BOURG LEOPOLD some 300 Belgium political prisoners. |
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.
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