| 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: 2nd Bn. E. Yorks Regt. | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. N.J. Dickson |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 1030 | Bn HQ est 778270. In order to conform with readjustments of 9 Bde & 185 Bde, A & B Coys moved to posns between C & D Coys, who were holding areas 779269, 781273 repectively. 185 Br Inf Bde were now in northern outskirts of VENRAIJ, and 1 Suffolk and 1 S Lan R occupied the southern half of the town. Contact was made during the day with the civil affairs authorities. Night quiet, with occasional shelling. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, 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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