| 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 The Cheshire Regiment | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. S.V. Keeling, DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Amendments to D.F. Tasks necessary. "B" Echelon arrives at this locn. having received orders from Div HQ that they should be on the North side of the WAAL. Vehicles and personnel distributed in orchards and fields on either side of Tac HQ. Ground is rapidly turning into a quagmire. Enemy air activity nil. Some enemy shelling of the ELST area. "B" Coy recce a new area in NIJMEGEN they may have to move from their present area to allow other units to move in. |
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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