| 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: 12th Bn K.R.R.C. (Q.W.) | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. The Hon. M.G. Edwardes, MBE |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLEUVE | 5 | Same locations. Several F.F.I. reports about the enemy were received, notably one from an armoured train which the F.F.I. were in the habit of driving through the Bn posns as far north as ROUBAIX H 7942 and which had not spotted any enemy laterly. C Coy with the S.R.Y. at RENAIX had an extraordinary day with prisoners; the surrender of about 600 man of a German Artillery Regt was negotiated between their Colonel and het C.O. of the S.R.Y, and C Coy as a result loat nearly two Pls for 56 hrs in guarding and evacuating them. During the afternoon streams of traffic of 7 Armd Div began to across our front and 4 Armd Bde parked themselves north of A Coy. Nevertheless action had to be taken in the evening on an F.F.I. report that 2,000 Germans with a few tanks were approaching the Bn posn. A Tp of 4/7 D.G. was sent to each A and B Coys. This report was in part true though the advancing Germans were stopped by the F.F.I. near COURTAI. Harbour Parties for the move the next day were ordered to be at Bde HQ at 0615 hrs the next moring. |
Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, transcribing: Babs Vietje.
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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