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
ASTEN	22	0545	The Bn was ready to move but Zero was finally fixed for 0730 hrs. A certain amount of shelling and mortaring came down in the bridge area, but casualties were very light, The Bn advanced through the Herefords, astride the main road, in the order D C B A Coys. The leading Sqn of the Fyfe & Forfar went straight through the town to take up a posn covering the exit – they suffered a few casualties from enemy bazookas en route. D Company, in the lead, worked forward with another sqn. Progress was slow against stubborn resistance – the enemy being largely comprised of Russian veterans – and rows of houses had to be cleared. The objective was satisfactorily consolidated by 1300 hrs, but final mopping up continued throughout the afternoon. There was a particularly large number of enemy dead about, and some 250 prisoners were taken.

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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