WO 171/1384 - 2 Royal Ulster Regiment - November 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	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
822233	25		Enemy mortar fell in Bn area during night. C Coy moved from MOLENHOEK to 8552244. A very quiet day, no enemy shells or mortar falling in Bn Area. A party left Bn HQ at 1500 hrs to spend the night at Div Club and then proceed to BRUSSELS on the 26th. C Coy & theCarrier Pl were both forward of their posns during the night 24/25. Their posn was close to the line of hte BEEK & theirrole was to prevent any infiltration ofthe enemy across the WANSSUM canal before the tps moving northwards from HORST could cover the ground to our east. The Carrier platoon had a particullary difficult night , it was extremely dark & as a small body of men some distance forwardof our nearest posns the utmost vigilance had to be maintained by every man throughout the night , as enemywere either by the Carrabout half a mile further north.During today 15 Scottish Division occupied TIENRAI & subsequently pushed north to BLITTERSWIJK on the MAAS thus v=clearing all enemy to our immediatly east. We were thus released from our commitments on the BEEK & C Coy & the Carrier pl were withdrawn to their original posns. Weather again stormy.

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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