| 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: 5 E. Yorks | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. T.L.G. Charles |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-31 | Active patrolling carried out both by bn and by emeny. Weather mostly cloudy and wet with two fine sunny days on 26 and 27. Conditions in forward areas improved by duckboards and corrugated iron. Own minefields laid by troops previously occupying area were not marked or registered and caused casualties in bn. Platoon every third day given a rest out of the line in NIJMEGEN. 48-hour leave to ANTWERP started during this period, first party leaving on 24 Oct. | B 29-38, E 9-13 |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Wendy Cohen.
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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