| 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: HQ 9 Brit Inf Bde | ||
| Month and Year: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig. G.D. Browne |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1700 | 4 Tk Gren Gds are the armd fmn detailed to assist in the op, their CO arrived to see the Bde Comd & will be doing a detailed recce early tomorrow morning. Civ picked up by 2 RUR at 853260 gave valuable infm regarding str and disposns of the enemy facing us. He stated the enemy had approx 200 men in the WANSSUM area. This seems a fair estimate. |
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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