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WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Army Form C.2118
Unit: 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.
Month and Year: December 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. G.K. Barker
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
7   "A" Squadron with "A" Sqn. SRY, some flails and crocodiles carried out rehearsals of Exercise Linney Head on some ground South of VALKENBURG. The object of this Exercise being to introduce the Inf. Bns of the 157 Inf. Bde. 52 (L) Div. to the Regts. of this Bde. which will be working with them in the next Operation "Shears".

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.