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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: The Hallamshire Bn. The York & Lancaster Regiment
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. T. Hart Dyke
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
14   Notification was received that the C in C had approved the following immediate awards: DSO Lt.Col. T. Hart-Dyke, MC Major J.A.H. Nicholson, MC Major L.M. Lonsdale-Cooper, MC Capt. P.G. Griffiths RAMC. These awards were for services at FONTENAY LE PESNIL and VENDES in June 1944. They were celebrated with champagne captured from German barracks at LE HAVRE.

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.