| 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: 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. G.K. Barker |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | During night certain amount of shelling in Sqn. and RHQ areas. Otherwise nothing to report in the front. 13/18 H relieved the Regiment with 129 Inf. Bde. at 1330 hrs. Sqns. coming out in turn and moving back – "A" and "C" Sqns to GILLRATH, "B" Sqn. (less 1 Tp. staying out in the bog) and A1 Echelon to area STAHE, RHQ to NEIDERBUSCH. In new location the Regt. remained under comd. 43 Div. and were in support of the 130 Inf. Bde. with counter attack role with the forward Bns. holding the line from KRAUDORF – BIRGDEN – HATTERATH. Gds. Armd. Div. were on our immediate left, 129 Inf. Bde. remained on our right with the 84 U.S. Div. on their right N.E. of GEILENKIRCHEN. |
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.
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