| 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: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. T. Hart Dyke |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | During the night the bn moved forward to a dominating posn East of the woods. The Carrier Pl was withdrawn and "B" Coy occupied their posn with one pl, whilst another pl seized the houses at 871094 without incident. "A" Coy took over "C" Coy's posn, whilst "C" Coy sent a sec to protect the OP, which now moved to houses at 877088. The remainder of this pl and Coy HQ occupied the houses at 872088, whilst the second pl moved through the OP Southwards to seize the houses at 877086. All this op was carried out without incident and was completed by 0130 "according to plan". |
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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