WO 171/1326 - 4 King's Shropshire Light Infantry - September 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: 4 KSLI
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.L. Reeves

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	6	2000	In the evening we were told that our tanks were coming to relieve us. Although we saw them cross 1500 yards West of our posn, they never managed to reach us. It rained hard all night & we were thankful for a pile of German greatcoats found in the factory. During the night Major Maddocks with 2 Pls of A Coy rejoined. The third Pl was never seen again. A Coy had spent the day in a small factory being shelled by tanks at point blank range. The whole street was in flames and they had to cross the road that was swept by MG fire, to rejoin us. The night passed without incident.

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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