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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: 6 Green Howards
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. C.F. Hutchinson
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
12 1330 Lieut Bawcombe and 12 OR’s of B Coy arrived back from an offensive daylight recce patrol during which they took 2 PW’s from a house at 089834. Valuable information was obtained from the PW's who gave to Lieut Bawcombe an accurate layout of the enemy defence in the area of the track from 088837 to 087844.

Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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.