| 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: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1630 | Two enemy were seen wandering around the area of VIERLINGSBEEK this afternoon. The tp comd of 3 Recce tp in the village at the time, did a spot of successful stalking, shooting and killing one. Again no means of identification were found on the body, he was however a German paratp, which points to the fact that 7 Para Div are still in the line facing us. This div, often referred to as Div Erdmann or Walther, was recently christened 7 Para Div in the recent German drive to give their heterogeneous collections of battle gps some stable form and origin. |
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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