WO 171/840 - 1 Royal Dragoons - September 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: The Royal Dragoons
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.W. Lloyd

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	22		At 0100 hrs RHQ, 'B' Sqn and B.3 started off on a long night march with the intention of reaching the area of Corps H.Q., south of NYJMEGEN. In fact, the road (along which all Corps traffic had to pass) was so jammed that by 1100 hrs only 12 miles had been completed. H.Q. Sqn and 'B' Sqn finally spent the night 2 miles north of EINDHOVEN. During the day the axis was cut by the enemy near WEGHEL. 'C' Sqn, who were operating in this area, had a difficult and unpleasant job at this period. On this day Lt. Goodall was taken prisoner and succeeded in escaping later with his operator, and returned to the Sqn the following day. (See Appendix 'A')	'A'

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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