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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
Unit: 2 Lincolns
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. C.L. Firbank
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
27   Two carriers secs established a standing patrol at 6721 and Sgt. Warne (Sniper Sgt) went forward with another sniper and scored one German killed and one other seen to fall. During the morning, a deserter, a Pole, came in and stated that quite a large number of Poles would desert with a little encouragement.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.

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.