| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | CO held conference 900 hrs. Bn at 1 hrs notice to move. At 1000 hrs new was received that Bn would move at 1200 hrs to KLEINERLOO, recce party leaving at 1145 hrs. Bn moved to new area & Coys were in posn by 1430 hrs. Two American airman were brought to Bn HQ at 1700 hrs by member of local resistance movement. Aitman were shot down while attacking VENLO almost 2 months ago & had been hiding since. Bde O Gp was held at 1800 hrs & Bn O Gp at 1930 hrs. A party left for 48 hrs at the Corps Rest Camp. Weather stormy throughout day particulary so while move was taking place. |
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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