WO 171/680 - 154 Infantry Brigade - October 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: H.Q. 154 Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. J.A. Oliver, D.S.O., M.B.E.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	4		The evacuation started at 0600 hours 4th October and during the morning the evacuation was slow as only four to five hundred were evacuated. However, in the afternoon approximately 5,500 evacuees came through. Arrangements had been made for the evacuation of the wounded. It was found, however, that a greater number of German wounded than British came through and on the Bde Comd's order Captain W.C. Mitchell, L.O. 154 Bde went into Dunkirk to state the Bde Comd's terms to the German Commander. The terms were that the evacuation of wounded must be on a one for one basis, i.e. one German wounded for one British wounded.

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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