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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	18		Regrouping in 8 Corps took place today. 30 Corps came under command 1 Cdn Army and 8 Corps commenced responsibility for the line of the R. MAAS from incl MAESYCK to excl BOXMEER. 3 Br Inf Div is to hold the left or Northern sector of the Corps front. At 1000hrs. this morning The Royals ceased to be under command 8 Inf Bde and came under command 3 Br Inf Div. The Royals are to hold the left sector of 3 Br Inf Div front extending from excl BOXMEER to incl GROENINGEN and have the following additional tps under command:- 2 and 3 Dutch Coys, 1 MG Pl 2 Middx Regt, 1 Mortar Pl 2 Middx Regt. In support:- 76 Field Regt R.A. On the right of The Royals will be 9 Bde (3 Br Inf Div) and on the left 2 Cdn Corps. The Royals will hold their sector on a two-sqn front with, on the right, 'A' Sqn (which moved its HQ to HOF – a small village SW of GROENINGEN, at 1000hrs. this morning) and on the left 'C' Sqn (which moved into BRAKKENHOF – NE of LACTARIA at 1000hrs. this morning). 'B' and 'D' Sqns are in reserve at LACTARIA. RHQ, moved out of Bonds Hotel, ST. ANTHONIS at 0900hrs. this morning. We had been there for over 6 weeks – our longest stay in any one place since we landed in FRANCE. We had made ourselves very comfortable, and the troops (now on central-messing – as are all the Sqns when out of the line) had excellent billets and messrooms in one of the schools and the town hall. RHQ now moved to a very fine country house just South of the main ST. ANTHONIS – GEMERT road which provides excellent accommodation for the whole of RHQ with the exception of the Signals section which is comfortably housed at a nearby farm. RHQ is on telephonic communication with Div, 76 Fd Regt and all Sqns. The phone exchange is in LACTARIA. Dull.

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

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