WO 171/352 - 30 Corps CRE - January 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: H.Q. 30 Corps Troops RE
Month and Year: January 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J.M. Lambert OBE RE

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
MADINGLEY	1		Nothing to record.
	2	1400	Mobilization Order ? 79/Mob/5774/589 (AG5 Mob) received for mobilization of this H.Q. by 0001 hrs 24 Jan 44.	App. “A”
	3-5		N.T.R.
	6	1430	G.O.C. 2nd Army visits this H.Q.
	6	1600	Amdt. received to Mobilization Order.	App. “B”
	7-11		N.T.R.
	12	1600	80% A.F.G. 1098 equipment received – no major deficiencies.
	12	1800	1 – 3 tonner collected from 52 V.R.D. under C.R.O. ? KNO/2078.	App. “C”
	12		1 – car 2-str. 4×2 utility collected from 54 V.R.D. under C.R.O. ? QBH/303.
	13-15		N.T.R.
	16	1800	2 M/Cs collected from 41 V.R.D. under C.R.O. ? CRY/1444.	App. “C”
	17-19		N.T.R.
	20		1 – 4 str 4×2 utility collected from 2 V.R.D. under C.R.O. ? 6 BUR/4288.	App. “D”
	23		4 M/Cs collected from 48 V.R.D. under C.R.O. ? 5 HDW/23.
	23	0800	H.Q. less chief clerk and skeleton staff moved to R.E. Bridging Camp WYKE REGIS.	App. “E” Admin. Order
	24	1800	1 3-tonner and 1 1-ton trailer collected from 21 V.R.D. under C.R.O. ? ASH/1964 & 5.	App. “D”
	24		Progress reports and personnel deficiency reports submitted.
	25		N.T.R.
	26		Reinforcements 1 S/Sgt (EES) received.
	27		N.T.R.
	28		Reinforcements 1 A.C.C. cook received.
	31		Progress Reports and Personnel deficiency reports submitted.

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Source: Jeroen Niels, 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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