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		Further North, "D" Company had a similar experience when, synchronized with the "B" attack, the Company attempted to cross the WANSSUM – BLITTERSWYCK road to capture objectives on the Northern side. A dismounted section of the Carrier Platoon had been brought up to release "D" Company from commitments on their Southern flank and "A" Company had already taken over "D" positions on the N.W. of BLITTERSWYCK so that the whole Company was ready to go forward. As it happened, only one section actually traversed the road and as its men dropped into the gully on the far side of the road, spandaus opened up from the front and from the left along the gully so that the whole section was effectively pinned. Two of them, one the Section Commander, were wounded and this evoked a most courageous action from L/Corporal Rossiter volunteering to go to the assistance of the wounded, he ran forward into the open, crossed the road and picked up Corporal Carroll the Section Leader. Placing him over his shoulder and calling to the rest of the stranded party to follow him, L/Corporal Rossiter ran back across the open to the cover of the wood. Throughout the whole incident he was under heavy and sustained MG fire, but both he and his charge escaped further injury.

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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