| 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 3 Army Group RA | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig F.C.F. Cleeve DSO, MC |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIJMEGEN | 4 | HQ arrives NIJMEGEN, and is est at 742602, as RA 1 Airborn Corps, to take over in that capacity from about 7 Oct, with (it is expected) under comd 59 AGRA (incl 67 & 72 Med Regts) RA 101 US Airborne Dov (three bns( RA 83 US Airborne Div (one bn) 79 Fd Regt (from 52 Div), 4 RHA (4 Armd Bde). Above to take over from RA 30 Corps. also to be under comd:- A Tk: 304 A/B Bty (52 Div): 86 A Tk Regt: One bty of 17 prs (towed)354 bty (52 Div) :502 LAA Bty: 2 A/L AA Bty. HQ 3 AGRA to act as Corps RA until RA 12 Corps able to come fwd. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Rob Vogels.
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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