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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	9		The evacuation commences. Defence posts are now established along the whole front of 2 HCR, The Royals, and 3 Recce Regt. These are manned by btys from 63 A.Tk Regt. 2 Btys (90 mm each) are allotted to 'A' and 'B' Sqns. This affords considerable relief to the Sqn patrols, freeing them for more normal patrol work and for night ambushes and listening posts. 91 A.Tk Regt fire support with 17 pdr SP guns and several targets along the front are engaged by the Mortar Pl and Heavy MG Pl of 2 Mx Regt. Little enemy movement is seen along the front. Weather dull and rainy. During the past week there has been almost continuous rain either during the day or at night. Roads have become very treacherous and movement off the roads is impossible, in most places, for vehicles.

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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