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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	13		The Bn remained in its same position, sending out patrols to CREULEY. A German Rear Guard composed of elements of 3 Para Div were more active during the day and a 'C' Coy PI on patrol under Lt Martin-Webb had a battle with them and this officer and two other men were wounded. The Forward Positions were under intermittent shelling during the day. Orders were received for the Bn to attack a German Rear Guard position round CREULEY at 2000 hours in the evening with ‘D’ Coy on the left and 'C' Coy on the right, each supported by two troops of Coldstream Guards Churchill Tank Regt. Whilst ‘C’ Coy was forming up for this attack, Maj WT Barratt was wounded and Maj TL Brock was very hurriedly sent up to command ‘C’ Coy. Immediately ‘C’ and ‘D’ Coys started to advance they came under very heavy mortar and shell fire and many casualties were sustained. 'C' Coy was unable to make much progress, but ‘D’ Coy eventally reached their objective with only sixteen men under Maj F Bell (MM) and they had a large number of wounded with them. The two troops of tanks came up to them and the Germans were driven back South of the River. However, the Bn was not considered strong enough to hold the position captured and the remnants of 'D' Coy were withdrawn to their original positions. Casualties during this attack were 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.

Domains

More information

Contact