WO 171/1384 - 2 Royal Ulster Regiment - December 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: December 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.C. Harris

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	1		Meanwhile the other two platoons had come up. The Company Commander, Capt H.M. Gaffikin, had originally intended to pass one of them around the left flank, but soon it became evident that such a committal would involve very heavy casualties and, without much greater support, Capt Gaffikin did not feel justified in so doing. The forward platoon had made another attempt to get forward, but in the attempt had suffered casualties. Capt Gaffikin therefore sent forward the order to disengage and dig in back with the rest of the Company. This was carried out after a long and arduous crawl by the remainder of this platoon throughout under fire from Machine Guns and shells. Casualties in the Company were six men killed and 13 wounded.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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