| 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: 63 Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A. | ||
| Month and Year: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J. Thomson, TD, RA |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEERT | 22 | Commanding Officer attended conference at 100 AA Bde HQ in WEERT. Comd of 100 AA Bde had been made responsible for co-ordination of defence of WEERT. Commanding Officer was appointed defence commander of WEERT. This involved dividing the perimeter of the town into Sectors and making the troops in that Sector under command the senior officer responsible for the sector. Certain posts were selected in each sector which would be manned by standing patrols every night. These patrols would stop all incoming personnel and traffic and check their bona fides. |
Source: Guido Siebers, transcribing: Jeroen Koppes.
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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