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
	7		The NIEUWKERK detachment were informed of the decision to withdraw, and it was left to the 2 ic to withdraw them as he thought best. The position was then that the route back seemed clear, but nothing was known of the whereabouts of the Coy which had infiltrated between them and 4 Lincs. The following plot was therefore hatched. "B" Coy and tanks were to withdraw at zero to area of x-tracks 127237 and form a defensive flank facing North East. Transport was to follow straight through to MAERLE followed by "C" Coy and remaining troop of tanks. "B" Coy were to follow as soon as the remainder had passed through.

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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