| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Quiet night,. Previous plans altered owing to 1 KOSB & 2 Lincolns taking the Bn objective but Bn stood by at 1 hrs notice to ove during the day because it was thought that we might be required to pass through the KOSB & go forward to more advance objectives, but mines& road blocks hasd slowed their progress& although they met no enemy, it was darjness before they had reached our original objective. Shells fell Bn area between 1830 & 1900 hrs. Again a wet day & Bn was fortunate in being able to remain under cover for the whole day. | see move order no 15 |
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.
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