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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	24		The bn remained in its posns at BEMMEL. The day was quiet, but there was enemy patrol activity in the evening. Between 2000 and 2100 movement was twice reported in front of "A" Coy. DF task was fired to deal with this. At 2300 the Carrier Stdg Patrol reported hearing movement between themselves and "A" Coy HQ as if someone was breaking through a hedge. In point of fact a German patrol had crawled down the East side of the orchard at 754682, then turned SE into the rd running NW and SW at this pt. They then made their way SE to the right hand pl of "A" Coy, where they were engaged with grenades and rifle fire. Four boche were killed in this encounter. Our own patrols reported many enemy at 747697, where much talking, hammering etc was heard. Another patrol observed a man digging on the South side of the canal at 749693.

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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