| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Commanding Officer's conference held at 1200 hrs. Capt W.E.S. Sturgeon, OC Carrier Platoon and a signaller disappeared from billet during night 3/4, believed taken prisoners of war. Brigadier visited "B" Company area at 1230 hrs. Bn HQ area had a quiet day but "A" Come any area received heavy shelling and mortaring at intervals throughout the day and East WANSSUM experienced heavy shelling between 1400 and 1500 hrs. A Presbyterian Church Service was held at 1100 hrs and Roman Catholic at 1500 hrs. Recce patrol again went to woods in area 8528 during night 3/4 but had nothing to report. |
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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