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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: 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
9 1800 The Commanding Officer attended conference at HQ of Glasgow Highlanders. The Commanding Officer of the 52nd Recce Regt. (Lt.Col. J. Hankey) who spent a week with the Regiment in 1941 when we were at Edgecote called in the morning to discuss operation "Shears" as affecting our "C" Sqn. which were to support them at one stage during the battle.

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.