WO 171/1397 - 2 East Yorkshire Regiment - July 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: 2nd Bn The East Yorkshire Regt
Month and Year: July 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. N.J. Dickson

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	8		Bn move by route march after Coys areas had been received by O.C. Coys. The area of square wood was under some attention by enemy shell fire. Dispositions of Coys right fwd D.Coy left fwd C.Coy right rear B.Coy left rear A.Coy. The whole area having been under intense arty fire since D.Day when 1 K.S.L.I. had pushed patrols out as far as this posn was devastated with dead cattle. In the afternoon the Bn was ordered to assist by fire 59 Div who were advancing on the LA-BIJUDE-EPRON axis. A & D Coys were ordered to work their way round through C Coy on the Bn’s left flank and assist by fire. Both Coys worked their way fwd through a Bn of the 59 Div who had suffered some heavy casualties earlier, until they could overlook EPRON. A & D Coys then sent patrols out into EPRON itself which still was held in a somewhat reduced str by tks and Inf. Some gallant and exciting close quarter fighting took place, in one case between Inf versus a Tk and some PWs (73) were taken. This position was obviously the last stand by the enemy before CAEN which was already threatened by a left hook by 9 Inf Bde. Cas for the day amounted to 1 OR killed and 8 ORs wounded.

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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