| 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: 127 Town Major | ||
| Month and Year: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Captain E.W. Bartley RA |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EINDHOVEN | 2 | 1400 | Visited Claims & Hirings. Arranged to take into use new proceedure for requisitioning & billeting whereby Netherlands Government pay under a mutual aid scheme. | |
| BUDEL | 6 | Arranged to requisition Zinc Works DORPLEIN BUDEL. | ||
| WEERT | 7 | 0930 | Arranged to requisition Jan Van Weert Hotel for a club for officers or soldiers. | |
| 8 | With A.Q.M.G. & D.A.Q.M.G. 12 Corps to Limburgia Hall WEERT, discussed possibilities of starting a Naafi Institute & Canteen. | |||
| 9 | Lt Col. Hien C.O. 112 L.A.A. Regt P.A.D. officer for WEERT called gave him information about local P.A.D. measures. | |||
| 10 | 1100 | Colonel Montague Commander 10 Garrison called, work & civil labour were discussed. | ||
| 15 | Batman & orderly sent to 32 R.H.U. following a 2nd Army Order to replace them with civilians. Civilian staff now 2 interpreters 1 orderly & 1 driver | |||
| 17 | Brigadier A. & Q 8 Corps called to discuss allocation of accomodation. | |||
| 18 | 0930 | P.A.D. officers H.Q. destroyed in tip & run bombing attack. | ||
| 18 | 1030 | Attended conference at EINDHOVEN Town Majors Office for purpose of accomodating 2 Infantry Brigades of 53 Div. | ||
| 19 | 1130 | Spoke to WEERT Burgomaster & Major Stock Netherlands Army 8 Corps C.A. urged them to apply to Netherlands Mission for further information to implement new mutual aid scheme between Netherlands & British Governments. |
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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