| 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: 9th Bn The Cameronians (S.R.) | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt Col Sir EMA Bradford Bt |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 0920 | C Coy reported on objective, but D Coy having a hard time as they were being heavily mortared and shelled. This continued until 1035 and D Coy had heavy casualties and all coy officers were wounded. Maj Hendricks MM was with coy at this time and assisted by Capt R. Lisle and C.S.M. Jones got D Coy organised and into def positions to the right of their obj. All other Coys were on their respective objectives at this time. Lt Col Sir E M A Bradford visited 'C' Coy and then whilst on way to B & D coy the carrier which he was in went over a TELLERMINE and he received injuries to head and leg. He would NOT be evacuated until Major Hendriks MM had arrived back from D Coy to take over command of Bn. This was done at 1205. The Bn area was still under heavy and accurate shellfire and casualties still being inflicted. Enemy post at tk jct 684149 was still holding out. Capt D Muir was given comd of D Coy. He was later wounded and Capt Carruthers appointed comd. Lt Waddell whose injuries were not serious returned to the Coy and Capt Muir also returned after treatment. The following day Lt Waddell was evacuated. |
Source: The War Diaries of the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division June 1944 - May 1945.
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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