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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: First Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer:
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
14   Again, at first light, the pl in the barracks was changed over, 'A' Coy finding the pl for this day. It was considered impracticable and unfair to leave a pl in there more than 24 hrs. Again, much enemy movement was observed both to the north in ECKEREN and to the NE and again they were fired upon with good results.

Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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.