WO 171/5277 - 1 Suffolk Regiment - February 1945

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: 1 Suffolk
Month and Year: February 1945	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. R.E. Goodwin, DSO

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	26		It was to start at 0700 hrs and to be accomplished in three phases, following closely upon each other. First D Coy was to move via the bridge at ‘BEER’ and capture Brandy, then B Coy were to capture ‘Port’, followed by C Coy taking ‘Gin’. There was one troop of Grenadier Guards Churchill tanks in support of each coy. Preliminary concentrations on Brandy and Port were to be fired by several regts of artillery. The whole operation was to be completed by 1000 hrs so that Phase II of the Bde plan could be put into operation.

Source: Stichting Adoptiegraven-Venray, 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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