WO 171/1304 - Hallamshire Battalion - October 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: The Hallamshire Bn. The York & Lancaster Regiment
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. T. Hart Dyke

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	6		In the meantime there had been considerable patrol activity at NIEUWKERK. The "B" Coy recce patrol returned reporting that there were no enemy in the area they had patrolled, but that there was another bridge to the North of the one guarded by "C" Coy at 123245. Careful questioning, however, revealed that they hat not reached the correct objective. As originally planned, two further recce patrols were sent out. The most Westerly was ordered to search the area 123249 before going any further and to come back if enemy were met there. Lieut. Wellerton took this patrol out and encountered three enemy positions in the area 124247. He also met a patrol moving along the same ditch as himself in the opposite direction, all of these he skilfully evaded. He returned at 0215 and made his report.

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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