| 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: 2nd Bn. The Royal Ulster Rifles | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.C. Harris |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 783284 | 1 | COs conference 900 hrs. Quiet and uneventful day weather dull and inclined to be wet.CM OP sent in 5 shell & 7 mortars reps. Two patrols went out during night 31/1, a contact patrol with Norfolks and a recce patrol from D Coy whose object was to establish firm base at 798289 and find out if enemy where in area 803288. Recce patrol went to 802290 and 4 enemy crossing railway from east to west but otherwise nothing to report. patrol had a tradic ending , owing to misunderstanding the forward recce party were fired upon by the people at the firm base, killing a Serjeant. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.
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.
Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? Or are you interested in war medals and their recipients? TracesOfWar.com tells you more!
More information
© STIWOT, 1999-2024. All rights reserved. Privacy statement, cookies, disclaimer and copyright