| 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: HQ 153 Inf Bde | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig J.R. Sinclair, DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 708974 | 25 | The Bde Gp recce parties arrived at ZETTEN 6072 at 1030 hrs having motored up from the HEIJTHUIZEN area. The day was spent in recce of the 327 A/B Regt and 502 A/B Regt areas. Only the minimum of tpt was allowed to cross the NIJMEGEN Br so the Bde Gp debussed in the town South of the br, the bns marching up from this point. The enemy shelled NIJMEGEN while our tps were passing through, 5 BW and 5/7 Gordons having two and three cas respectively. By 1800 hrs all the marching personnel had reached their new bn areas. The take-over was begun immediately and was completed by 2300 hrs without incident. Bde HQ was located at 614712. AF W 3008/9 att as Appx ‘N’. | AF W 3008/9 att as Appx 'N' |
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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