| 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: 2 Warwick | ||
| Month and Year: March 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt-Col H.O.S. Herdon |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTLY | 1 | Bn exercise – co-operation with tks (Staffs Yeo). | ||
| 2 | Bn signals partook in formation hq's communication exercise Ex 'Buzz'. | |||
| 3 | 2000 | All ranks dance, drill hall, HUNTLY. | ||
| 4 | Commanding Offr inspected Bn Kits & Coy Books. | |||
| 5 | Commanding Offr began 5 days leave. | |||
| 6 | Capt. P.A. Batt relinquished appointment of adjutant to take up post as G.S.O. III, HQ 185 Inf Bde. Capt. W. Pike appointed adjutant. | |||
| 8 | Rifle Coys began initial training of Street Fighting on Model & afterwards in HUNTLY. | |||
| 10 | Sergeatns […] Dance, Drill Hall, HUNTLY. | |||
| 11 | Commanding Offr attended conference at HQ 3 Br. Inf. Div. | |||
| ABERDEEN | 16 | 2030 | C Coy, Street Fighting in Docks Area, ABERDEEN. Cpl's […] Dance, Drill Hall, HUNTLY. | |
| 17 | 'D' Coy Street fighting, ABERDEEN. | |||
| 18 | B Coy. Street fighting ABERDEEN. | |||
| 19 | A Coy Street fighting ABERDEEN. All Coys billeted at Transit Camp, ABERDEEN on night prior to Days Street Fighting. | |||
| 21 | 0900 | Training films at […] Cinema, […] waterproofing I & II. […] Strike II. | ||
| 22 | Bn HQ deployment exercise. | |||
| 24 | C.O's 'O' Gp. Main tpt. party proceeded to concentration area for Ex 'Leapyear'. | |||
| 25 | Commanding Officer briefed Bn for Ex 'Leapyear' in Playhouse Cinema, HUNTLY. | |||
| 26 | Bn socced team defeated 2 KSLI at HUNTLY 11-1. | |||
| 27 | CO attended Bde Commanders TEWT on Street Fighting. Marching personnel proceeded by train to concentration area for Ex 'Leapyear'. |
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| HUNTLY | 28 | 1515 | Bn embarked for Ex 'Leapyear'. | |
| 29 | […] | |||
| 30 | 1530 | Bn disembarked. | A | |
| 31 | […] Bn […] to billets. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com.
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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