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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: 4 KSLI
Month and Year: October 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. M.R. Robinson
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
9 1400 Capt Quash conducted a Recce patrol in the afternoon to discover whether the enemy were holding the wood at (German MR) 19644015. He discovered that the Boche had occupied a post there but were not there at the time. However he noted another wood at (GMR) 19644008 in which he observed enemy movement. A fighting patrol was organized to raid the woods in order to obtain enemy identification. The patrol consisted of 20 men commanded by Capt Quash.

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.