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
	22		9 BR Inf BDE started their attack in the very early our of the morning, attack from VEULEN nort east across battalion's front on the south side of the OOSTRUM BEEK . However, they found out the Germans had pulled out during the night and the were a ble to advance to HOOGRIEBROEK 8024 without opposition during the day. This meant that the battallion came into reserve and preparations were made during the afternoon for a move to a concentration area back in VENRAY the next day. As 9 Br Inf BDE had met no opposition, 1 Norfolk and 2 KSLI were ordered to advance due to east and had reached the line of the railway OOSTRUM by the evening. Three other ranks killed and one wounded during the day.

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

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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