| 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: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig J.R. Sinclair, DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | At 1100 hrs, during a Church Service, a flying bomb landed in the grounds of the Bde HQ chateau about 30 yds from the house. Many people were cut by flying glass and several vehs were damaged but there were no serious casualties. A message was received at 2000 hrs that the Bde would come under comd 30 Corps as immediate reserve and move to the area of SIN SIN GRANDE the following day. |
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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