| 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: 31 (Br) Field Dressing Station R.A.M.C. | ||
| Month and Year: April 1945 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Major G.Ll. Humphreys |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELMOND | 5 | Unit closed at HELMOND (MR E.5522) | ||
| 7 | Major G.Ll. Humphreys joined unit from Leave in UK as O.C. | |||
| GEMEN | 8 | Unit main party moved to GEMEN (MR A.3963) to harbour under canvas pending calling forward. | ||
| SULINGEN | 13 | Unit recce party moved to SULINGEN (MR W.7255) and a site was selected for a tented FDS, with messes, cookhouse, and M.I. Room in rooms of farmhouses (see plan at Appx A) Function is to screen 84 Gen Hosp. | ||
| 14 | Unit advance party arrived in SULINGEN. | |||
| 15 | Main party arrived. Open for patients from 1200 hrs. | |||
| 16 | First patients at 0200 hrs. Unit transport collected German Med Equpt, for transfer to 11 Adv Depot of Med Stores on following day. | |||
| 27 | Conference at Rear HQ Second Army, on Medical arrangements for Elbe crossing – assistance to be given to 8 Corps. | |||
| LUNEBURG | 28 | Unit recce party to LUNEBURG (MR S.7921) to find a site. Found a Medical concentration area in the Scharnhorst Barracks, South of LUNEBURG. | ||
| LUNEBURG | 28 | Arranged for unit to harbour pending further instructions. Conference with D.D.M.S. 8 Corps. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com.
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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