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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: H.Q. 154 Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: November 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brig. J.A. Oliver, D.S.O., M.B.E.
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
21   During the night 20/21 November fairly heavy and consistent shelling on HELDEN took place. At about 0900 hours 1 Black Watch started to move forward and by 1000 hours reported all going well and the leading Company nearing the second report line at 837053. Tac Bde H.Q. then moved forward to the area 787044. A considerable amount of shelling was encountered by 1 Black Watch on the road especially at EIJNDT. At about 1100 hours 1 Black Watch reported an anti-tank gun and some infantry in the area of the wood 828048. At about 1145 hours the other two coys of 1 Black Watch were ordered to move forward to the area 837053. By 1230 hours the tanks supporting 1 Black Watch reached 844053 and by 1315 hours 1 Black Watch had one Coy at 844053 and one coy at 838053.

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.