WO 171/1384 - 2 Royal Ulster Regiment - April 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: 2nd Bn The Royal Ulster Rifles
Month and Year: April 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer:

Place	Date	Summary
	1	Bn returned to Hawick from “Ex Leap Year”.
HAWICK	4	Adv. party left for “Ex Handsup” – demonstration to Bn of Wasp flamethrower by Carrier Pl.
	6	Bn boxing team wins final of Div boxing competition.
	7	Comd Offrs inspection of Bn, eqpt & clothing at assault scale.
	12-13	Recce party left for “Ex Handsup”.
	13	Baggage party left for “Handsup”.
FIELD	15	Main body left for “Ex Handsup” exercise to move to conc area.
	16	Bn in conc area. Camp A9.
	24	Camp A9 wired in.
	24-26	Bn passed out in lifting of German mines.
	25	Lecture to Bn on interrogation by Div Interrogator. Recce Gp left for Ex Fabius III. Camp sealed.
	26	Briefing of all offrs for Ex Fabius III.
	27-28	Briefing down to pls.
	29	Bn left for marshalling areas.
	30	Bn in marshalling areas, sorted in craft.
	30	Loads for Ex Fabius III.
	30	Weather: 1 dry; 2-4 wet; 5-12 dry; 13 wet; 14 dry; 15-19 wet; 20-30 dry

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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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