| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE DIERVOORT | 22 | At about 1000 hrs Bn reveived order for maximum rest and to be prepared to move from 1300 hrs. The Brigadier visited the C.O. at about 1100 hrs and gave him the details of the plan for the afternoon's operation when 43 Div had captured ELST E 7070 and, if ELDON E 7275 was declared clear or reasonably clear, the Bn would move rapidly to ELST and there make a dash for the bridge at ARNHEM, near which, were the [rem.....nts] of the 1st British Para Bde still fighting. To support the Bn there would be the Sqn of the 13/18 H already u/c, three Fd Regts, two Med Regts and a Heavy Bty and, also, if weather conditions permitted, bomber and Typhoon sp. It was thought that the attack could not take place before 1600 hrs. The Bn plan was to move off from the S.P. in ELST in the following order. Tp of the Armd Sqn and C Coy to move as fast as possibe to the bridge, seize and hold it, A and B Coys task to be the clearing of the factory area immediatly south west of the bridge to a depth of 150 yds. As soon as possible after the seizing of the bridge a Bn of 43 Div was to take over from the Bn. Very shortly before 1500 hrs, the time when the Bn was due to move off down to NIJMEGEN - the transit area - the operation was cancelled, because ELST had not been taken by 43 Div. The Bn therefore had an interrupted evening and a restful night. |
Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, transcribing: Babs Vietje.
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