WO 171/1387 - 2 Royal Warwickshire Regiment - November 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: 2nd Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regt
Month and Year: November 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt-Col D.L.A. Gibbs DSO

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	19		The battallion took over from the 8 Rifle BDE between the hours 0200 and 1200 without incidents, the take over being complicated by the necessity of fitting in the take over by part of 2KSLI of the battallions positions in Venray at the same time. The battallion is now disposed as follows :- 'A'coy in SCHEI 7723,'Coy'in area Orchard, 771243, 'D'coy along the road about 777247, 'B'Coy in Leunen, Bn HQ at HEIDE 7624. There were German position the OOSRUMBEEK , about a Company opposite 'A'Company and a platoon in LAAGRIEBROEK opposite 'B'Company. Tis gave the battallion a front of over two-thousand yards to hold and the position was further complicated by the very thick mud everywhere, which made some of the roads and tracks completely impossible to vehicles, 'A'Company being the worst off having to transport stores by hand the last four-hundred yards. Four weasels were received to assist in the difficulties caused by these conditions. Two other ranks wounded during the day.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.

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