| 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: 2nd Bn The Royal Ulster Rifles | ||
| Month and Year: July 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.C. Harris |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | During the morning the Commanding Officer, accompanied by the Bn IO, visited the 2nd Army Headquarters. In the afternoon two parties from the Bn, which consisted of (one) the CO, 2nd i/c and Bn Snipers and the other (two) the IO and I Section visited the Battle Fields of LA BIJUDE, ST CONTEST and ERRON for the purpose of gaining some information of enemy positions such as A tk ditches, Machine Gun Posts and the camouflaging of same, also general layout of positions. The weather today was extremely hot. |
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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