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
	20-25		Bn held posn and patrols by B Coy fwd to known enemy posn at a house centred in a wood some thousand yds fwd of their posn which came to be known as PICCADILLY CIRCUS. The weather gradually deteriorated and became wet for long periods, which combined with the continuous shelling and mortaring made life dismal. Cas were fairly high and amounted to 6 ORs killed 1 Offr and 61 ORs wounded. The adverse weather conditions did not improve the road conditions and the road from Ech to the Bn was deep in mud. Food was transported to the Bn by carriers which solved the problem but never failed to arrive in spite of the mud and the road being frequently under shell fire. During this period 8 PWs surrendered themselves to our tps.

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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