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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: August 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.C. Harris
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
24   Weather still improving. Company and platoon training continued. Major Hyde, “B” Company Commander, was wounded in the same circumstances as 2/Lt. Coppard. Both these officers had to be evacuated. "I" Section left the Battalion to search an area near FALAISE and report on destroyed enemy equipment therein.

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.