| 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: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.C. Harris |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Weather continued fine and cold. Floods in Bn area beginning to subside. "I" OP at 872273 manned but nothing to report other than civilian movement on opposite side of river. The Carrier Platoon, under Capt W.E.S. Sturgeon, took over W. WANSSUM from the Carrier Platoon of 1 KOSB and a capok bridge across the canal was built by Div sappers to connect the two parts of WANSSUM. BLITTERSWYCK received intermittent shelling during morning. Two Recce patrols from "C" Company visited woods in area 8528 during the night 2/3 and reported them clear of enemy. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.
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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