| 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: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. T. Hart Dyke |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Another quiet day was spent by the bn at BEMMEL. The coming of the New Year was heralded by the boche with verey lights, spandau fire, and hy arty conc on the "B" Coy "cabbage patch", a favourite target. An expenditure of a hundred rounds or so caused no cas. Our recce patrols to the dyke after midnight, found a stdg patrol in the poplar trees. A horse and cart was heard near the br and a spandau fired. During the day the snipers again operated near the br and in the brickworks. They were fired on from the rooms of the house NE of the Brickworks across the dyke. They fired back into the rooms and silenced the enemy. It is not known whether they caused casualties. |
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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