WO 171/1304 - Hallamshire Battalion - November 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: November 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. T. Hart Dyke

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	5		main road as the enemy had infiltrated into the house behind them. Lieut. Godlee arrived with a Bren, got down in the middle of the road and brought fire to bear on the boche who were covering the main road. This was the only position from which they could be engaged. Under this covering fire, his pl got out followed by Coy HQ and 9 Pl, and a position was taken up at the East end of the village. As soon as it was known that "A" Coy and the HQ Coy Pl were 300 yds from the road junction, 69 Fd Regt were asked to put down a 2 minutes intense "stonk" from the rd junc to a point 400 yds away on the rd leading North.

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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