| 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: 23 (BR) Field Dressing Station | ||
| Month and Year: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Major J.B. Rees Roluds |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELMOND (588218) | 1 | Civilian staff removing machinery from Technical School. | ||
| 2 | 1700 | ADMS vistited & gave orders that the unit was to move to St. Leonardus Schoo, Helmond on 4th. No further cases admitted & all divisional minor sick passed on to 8 Corps Medical Units. | ||
| 3 | Capt Buchau & Lieut Samuel proceeded to BRUSSELS on 48 hrs leave. | |||
| HELMOND (564238) | 4 | 1100 | Unit moved to St. Leonardus School, Helmond (564228). 49 patients handed over to 34 CCS who moved into Technical School same day. New school too small to take functioning FDS & unit remained closed. | |
| 5 | Checking and cleaning stores. New loading lists made out in view of the loss of 15 cwt truck from the W.E. | |||
| 6 | Loading stores & interior economy. | |||
| 6 | 1400 | Reconnaissance of St. Gerardus School Helmond with a view to opening. | ||
| HELMOND (560226) | 7 | 1000 | Moved to St. Gerardus School (560226) Wooden huts being delivered in near future to personnel. School suitable for 100 beds. | |
| 8 | Cleaning & […] wards. | |||
| 9 | Interior economy. Wooden huts not yet arrived. | |||
| 10 | Interior economy. | |||
| 11 | Open to receive minor sick. Four wards each of 12 beds. Remainder of accomodation used for personnel until huts arrive. 21 Cases admitted by evening. | |||
| 12 | Weather fair. | |||
| 13 | IMT inspection of vehicles. | |||
| 14 | 40 patients held. | |||
| 14 | 1500 | Visit by ADMS. | ||
| 15 | 46 minor sick patients held. | |||
| 16 | Ballot held for personnel eligible for home leave. Only four members eligible – the remainder not so until 8 Jan. | |||
| 17 | 1130 | ADMS visit. | ||
| HELMOND (560226) | 17 | Some enemy air activity during the morning. 59 patients held. | ||
| 18 | Extra wards opened to increease holding capacity to 80 beds. | |||
| 18 | 1000 | Slight enemy air activity – one small bomb dropped on north part of town. | ||
| 19 | Capt. W. […] proceeded to 32 (Br) General Hospital for course on psychiatry. | |||
| 20 | 62 patients held. | |||
| 21 | 73 patients held. | |||
| 22 | 75 patients held. | |||
| 23 | 1000 | RASC attended mines demonstration at BOURG LEOPOLD. | ||
| 23 | 1410 | Enemy air activity in vicinity. Two bombs dropped near Market St. by high flying plane. | ||
| 24 | S/Sgt collected from No 6 (Br) General Hospital to fill vacancy in W.E. | |||
| 25 | Christmas Day. | |||
| 25 | 1100 | Carol Service. | ||
| 25 | 1215 | Patients Christmas Dinner. | ||
| 25 | 1315 | Units Chirstmas Dinner. | ||
| HELMOND (560226) | 26 | 78 patients held. Weather fine and frosty. | ||
| 27 | 1615 | Unit leave Ballot held. | ||
| 28 | Thaw – making roads bad. 86 patients held. | |||
| 29 | 73 patients held. | |||
| 30 | 1430 | Officers attended […] visit at 34 CCS. | ||
| 31 | 1600 | Visit by ADMS. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com.
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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