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
	22		Bde Hq mov at 1030 hrs just South of EVERSE 4332. 5 Seaforth were to revert to Comd 152 Bde at H hour, Tac Bde Hq was est at 443365 at 2300 hrs. Fragmantation bombing of wood in which 2 Seaforth were directed was cancelled and Bde Comd asked that a hy arty conc should be put down instead. Op Colin was to take place on the second anniversary of El Alamein. This does not mean so much now as it would have a year ago for there are not so many still serving with the Bde who were with is at Alamein but in a strange way that night two years ago is revered by those who have followed.	Appx I - 3

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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