| 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: 9 Brit Inf Bde | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 0750 | A deserter from 2 Coy/489 Ersatz Bn gave himself up to a coy of 2 Lincolns and when interrogated at Div revealed. that his bn was approx 400-500 strong and in occupation of area 6923 - 7020. The coy he belonged to contained 103 non-Germans out of a total strength of 140 and their morale was extremely low. He further stated that several had expressed the wish to desert. His pl was on OP duty forward of the canal at 692229 and it was thus an easy task for him to desert. |
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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