| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1300 | Flap order received to despatch Squadron to assist 214 Inf. Bde. in an attack to be put in in the afternoon against some enemy who had crossed over from North to South in the area of RANDWIJK. “C” Squadron were selected to follow as reserve Squadron to work with the Worcs. “A” and “C” Sqns. therefore with the usual half of RHQ proceeded to concentration area at ANDELST where “A” Sqn. joined up with the SLI, “C” Sqn. with the Worcs. The attack started from ZETTEN due North of RANDWIJK with the main road as the Axis. The attack went very well. We had no casualties and the SLI very few and some two or three hundred Bosche were accounted for. “A” and “C” Squadrons returned to Harbour at HERVELD and half of RHQ also stayed out with 214 Inf. Bde. |
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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