WO 171/675 - 152 Infantry Brigade - October 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: 152nd Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. A.J.H. Cassels, CBE, DSO.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
MARQUES	1		Harbouring parties followed same drill as previous day and Bde Gp moved off as per Mov Table but were delayed en route and did not arrive in staging area until 1600 hrs. The Bde Gp was well catered for in the way of quarters by an enthousiastic populace. Farms and private houses were thrown open to offrs and men and 2 Seaforth were hard put to it to prevent a fete being staged in their honour. For locations night 1/2 Oct see Appx J3. Days journey was 94 miles. Orders were received from 51 (H) Div that the 152 Bde was to move on 4 Oct to take over sector of line from 46 Bde 15 (S) Div. Orders for move to 51 (H) Div conc area Se of ANTWERP on 2 Oct were not changed.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Pim van Gelder.

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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