WO 171/3377 - 110 Provost Company - November 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: 110 Provost Coy
Month and Year: November 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Capt. J.D. Brown

Place	Date	Summary
FIELD	1	No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted and patrolled “Hat” Route. Nos. 3 & 4 sections painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. Nos. 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs 615247, 663298 and 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. Coy moved location to HELMOND.
	2	No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 4 section assisted in move of Rear Corps H.Q. Nos. 5 & 6 section T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	3	No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 4 section manning Information Post at HELMOND. Nos. 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	4	No. 1 sectoin “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 4 section manning Information Post & point in HELMOND. Nos 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs 615247. 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	5	No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 4 section manning Information Post & point in HELMOND. Nos. 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	6	No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 4 section manning Information Post & point in HELMOND. Nos 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	7	No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 4 section manning Information Post & point in HELMOND. Nos. 5 & 6 section T.M.C. & main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	8	No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 61st Fd. Regt. and 110th Med. Regt. passed through this section of Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. 32 […] RASC 21 A Gp passed through proceeding to EINDHOVEN. No. 4 section manning Information Post & point in HELMOND. A curfew patrol was carried out at MIERLO between 2100 and 2200 hrs. Observation being kept on 26 Rector Donkerstraat. Nos 5 & 6 section T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	9	No. 1 section withdrew paintsmen from Triangle Route and moved their section H.Q. to HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 9 AGRA moved along this portion of the route successfully. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. Normal maint. traffic passed over this Route. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. The curfew patrol was again carried out at MIERLO and as a result of observations kept on 26 Rector Donkerstraat a man by the name of Shutz [Schütz] was arrested by the Dutch Police for being in possession of W.D. property. Nos. 5 & 6 section T.M.C. and Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND and on “Hat” Route. 6th Gds Tk Bde passed over the bridge at HELMOND during the day and no hold ups occurred. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	10	No. 1 section performing Car Park duties and patrols at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 43 Tk Transporters moved over the route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. Traffic was extremely heavy, it being mainly maint. traffic No. 4 section manned Informatoin Post and point at HELMOND. Also assisted in the move of columns in 12 Corps moving along “Hat” Route. Nos 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND and on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	11	No. 1 section Car Park duties & patrols at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 86 Fd Regt & 79 Med Regt passed along the Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. There was again a considerable amount of traffic. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. Nos. 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. Traffic moved smoothly during the day. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	12	No. 1 Car Park duties & patrols at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 53rd Med Regt, 51st Hvy Regt, 5th Coldstream Gds and a considerable number of vehs of the 186 Bridging Coy passed along the Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. A large number of Tk carrying transporters passed through the Route. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. Nos. 5 & 6 section T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectivively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	13	No. 1 section Car Park duties & patrols at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 1st Bn Welsh Gds, A.P.R. Regt and A.R.B. 222 Sqn. passed along the Route. Traffic was fairly heavy throughout the day. No. 3 section handed over their duties on “Triangle” Route to No. 6 section and took over Main Corps H.Q. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & an “Hat” Route. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	14	No. 1 section Car Park duties & patrols at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main Corps H.Q. duties. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in Helmond. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND an “Hat” Route. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298, 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	15	No. 1 section Cinemas & Car Park duties at HELMOND. A.B.G. Conference signed & supervised. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND an “Hat” Route. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298, 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	16	No. 1 section Cinemas & Car Park duties at HELMOND. Outriders provided for visit of Lt. Gen. Sir Alexander Hood, DGAMS during his visit to Med Services in Corps Area. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. Assistance was given to a member of a hvy bomber which crashed in the vicinity of this sector of the Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle Route”. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & an “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT
FIELD	17	No. 1 section Cinemas & Car Park duties at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. No. 5 section T.M.C. Duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	18	No. 1 section Cinemas & Car Park duties at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 3rd Super Hvy Regt moved along the route at 1430 hrs and passed through without any difficulty. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point & […] street patrols in HELMOND. 2 cases occurred of civilians being held up at the point of a pistol and robbed in HELMOND. Investigations were instituted but without success. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	19	No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post and patroles in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section took over duties at ZOMEREN and control of 3 bridges, making a preliminary recce before taking over from 15(S) Div Pro Coy. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	20	No. 1 sectoin Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. One Sqn of Flail Tanks were escorted along the route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN and control of 3 Bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	21	No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	22	No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	23	No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND and on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	24	No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. At 2300 hrs 500 refugees from VENLO area were accomodated in the Flora Hall, HELMOND & as a result the Hall was closed for entertainment. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. Traffic at the birdges was light to medium. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND and on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” and Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	25	No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 153 Bde Gp. moved along the Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	26	No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	27	No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	28	No. 1 sectoin Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. A mobile patrol was instituted in HELMOND for the purpose of checking the civilians at 2300 hrs. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. Corps Commander visited 122 D.I.D. at the T.M.C. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	29	No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. Car Park arrangements laid on for a conference held at Scala Cinema, HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. Tanks and wheeled traffic of 6 Gds Tk Bde were conducted through HELMOND entering the town at 1430 hrs and were clearing 1630 hrss. No hold ups occurred.
FIELD	30	No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & point in HELMOND. Town patrols were arranged for visit of Gen. Eisenhower to HELMOND. No. 2 section took over duties at DEURNE from 11 Armd Div Pro and established their section H.Q. at MR. 651203. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. 120 vehs of Coldstream Gds. tks and wheels escorted along Route to HELMOND. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. Eisenhower, Dwight David "Ike"

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