| 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: 1/7th Bn The Queen's Royal Regt. | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. W.D. Griffiths, MC. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1112 | A Patrol of 4 men was reported in area 413472. They were wearing British hats. Visibility was bad, it was very misty and as there was some doubt Bde was informed and asked to give us information concerning the possibility of our own tps being in the area. It was finally decided that it might be a patrol from the RB's on our right, which might have got lost. They were to be treated as friendly tps. Later in the evening Bren gun fire was heard in that area, which did not come from any of our FDL’s. Early the following morning a patrol was sent out to investigate and found bloodstained enemy equipment, enemy steel helmet pierced with bullet holes and the marks of bodies having been dragged away. The inference was that two distinct enemy patrols at least one of which was carrying a bren gun, had contacted and fought each other by mistake. |
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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