| 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: 7th Bn. The Hampshire Regt. | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. D.E.B. Talbot MC |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Recce patrol of two men under 2/Lt Philbedge set out at 0100 hrs with the task of finding if the houses in the area of HORST church 781545 were occupied. Objective was reached, ey being found in the locality and on returning the patrol was fired on by two sentries and the offr slightly wounded. He ordered the two men to return and after waiting a short time made his own way back along the rd 778535--768543 arriving at Bn HQ at 0630 hrs. The two men did not return until 0930 hrs as on their return journey they had come very close to an ey posn which was occupied by alert sentries and had been unable to proceed. They waited till dawn when the enemy retired to his slit trenches and the men were able without much difficulty to get back to their Coy. |
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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