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
	20		12 Corps and 8 Corps, advancing steadily, are gradually pushing the enemy back to the MEUSE. The RE's, who have been on the right flank, manning the area of VORTUM, are, together with other elements of 3 (Br) Div, withdrawn in order to operate further South and assist in the attack against the MEUSE bridgehead. As a result, The Royals Gp is extended w.e.f. 0800 hrs today to include VORTUM. Two other Sqns of Inns of Court Regt came under comd The Royals today. The following are now under comd:- 63 A.Tk Regt; Det 121 LAA, Inns of Court Reg (Less one Sqn), 2 Dutch Coys. In support: 25 Fd Regt, 91 A.Tk Regt (Less 2 Btys). It will be observed that there are only two Dutch Coys under comd (See 12 Nov). The third Dutch Coy has not arrived. The usual enemy movenent was reported during the day opposite our own front. Last night a post of 63 A.Tk Regt at OEFFELT drove off a German patrol and later collected 3 Schmeizer Machine Pistols. Today a wounded S.A.F. Serjeant from 2 Coy Reigels gave himself up to our post at BEUGEN, in the Inns of Court Regt area. He said he was leader of a patrol 5 strong which crossed the river last night NE of OEFFELT. He said that two of the patrol were killed and he was wounded. Fine during the morning, but rain and cloud later in the day.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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