WO 171/1387 - 2 Royal Warwickshire Regiment - July 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: July 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt-Col. D.L.A. Gibbs, DSO

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	18		The Bn spent the morning in its original positions watching the bombers passing over and the armour passing through. During the afternoon information was received that 2 KSLI and Staffs Yeo had been held up in their attack on the woods round CUILLERVILLE and the Bn was ordered to move at 1600 hours to put in an attack on the same position. At 1615 hours the Bn moved forward through the corridor to a concentration area about four miles South, where they dug in. ‘A’, ‘B’ Coys and Bn HQ came in for some very shelling on he move up, which caused casualties. The CO went forward to an 'O' Gp with Bde Comd on the line of the railway at LIROSE and Coy Comds were also up to this point for orders, as follows:-

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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