| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Other trains consisting of 13/18 H. and S.R.Y. and remainder of 52 Div. were to follow, 13/18 H. having the task of capturing HEINSBERG on night of D-Day. The Regt. were to harbour at DORATH. No wheeled vehicles would be allowed at all for D Day. Therefore replenishment was planned, to be done by turretless Honeys and ARVs. Operation dependent upon the ground hardening as at present tracks would be bogged on leaving the roads. All the trains would form up on roads S. of GEILENKIRCHEN, and it was our responsibility once Train No. 1 had got through the "Gate" which would probably be mined in addition to the crater already in the road there, to inform Bde. whether or not the second and successive trains could start. To enable the Commanding Officer to give this decision, the Commanding Officer would follow "B" Sqn. closely as far as the "Gate" and then await the second train and join up with RHQ. |
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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