| 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. Yorkshire Regt | ||
| Month and Year: August 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. N.J. Dickson |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Coys regrouped: D Coy 701274, C Coy 704276, A Coy 706277, B Coy 700276, Fwd Bn HQ 701275. Rear Bn HQ, which had moved the previous night, to 693282, remained at this location. The evening was quiet. Patrols from B Coy in the direction of the houses at 703280 found no enemy. A few signs of enemy activity seen about 710270, but this was on a small scale. Some shelling East of rear Bn HQ occurred, from a long-range gun, but no mortaring or shelling of the ridge, apart from a few rds C Coy area. |
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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