| 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: 171 Company RASC | ||
| Month and Year: July 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Major Everingham, RASC |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRANCE | 1 | 1030 | Replenishment Point in company location. | |
| 1 | A.F.W. 3008 and A.F.W. 3009 f rendered to GHQ 2nd Echelon. Strength of unit in theatre of operations 14 Offrs 370 ORs. | Appendix 'A' | ||
| 2 | 1030 | Replenishment Point in company location. | ||
| 2 | 2230 | Residue (Priority) Party (35 ORs) joined unit in theatre of operations from U.K. | ||
| 3 | 1030 | Replenishment Point held in Unit location nothing further to report. | ||
| 4 | 1030 | Replenishment Point held in Unit location nothing further to report. | ||
| 5 | 1100 | Replenishment Point held in Unit location nothing further to report. | ||
| 6 | 1030 | Replenishment Point held in Unit location nothing further to report. | ||
| 7 | 1030 | Replenishment Point held in Unit location nothing further to report. | ||
| 7 | 1 OR admitted to hospital and SOS of unit. | |||
| 8 | 1030 | Normal replenishment point in company location. 1 OR discharged from hospital and retaken on str. | ||
| 8 | AFW 3008 and 3009 f rendered to GHQ 2nd Echelon. | Appendix 'B' | ||
| FRANCE | 8 | Strength of Unit in Theatre of Ops – Offrs 14 ORs 405. | ||
| 9 | 1030 | Replenishment Point held in company location. 2 ORs admitted to hospital and S.O.S. of unit. | ||
| 10 | 1100 | Replenishment Point held in company location. | ||
| 11 | 1130 | Replenishment Point held in company location. | ||
| 12 | 1030 | Replenishment Point held in company location. | ||
| 13 | 1030 | Replenishment Point held in company location. | ||
| 13 | 2300 | Residue (non priority) party (2 Offrs 115 ORs) join unit. | ||
| 14 | Normal Replenishment Point held in company location. | |||
| 15 | 1030 | Normal Replenishment Point held in company location. | ||
| 15 | AFW 3008 and 3009 f rendered to GHQ 2nd Echelon. | Appendix 'C' | ||
| 15 | Strength of Unit in Theatre of Operations 14 Offrs 519 Ors. | |||
| 16 | Normal Replenishment Point held in coy location. | |||
| 17 | Normal Replenishment Point held in coy location. | |||
| FRANCE | 18 | Replenishment Point held in coy location. | ||
| 19 | 1100 | Replenishment Point held over the ORNE. 71 E of CAEN 1 OR injured in m/cycle accident and evacuated to UK. 1 OR admitted to hospital and SOS. | ||
| 20 | Orders received to recce location across the ORNE NE of CAEN. “Lying-in” party sent but order to move cancelled. Normal replenishment point held. | |||
| 21 | 1115 | Unit moved location from PIERREPONT to ROTS. Normal replenishment point held. A.P. under shell-fire – 2 ORs seriously wounded. | ||
| 22 | Normal replenishment point. | |||
| 22 | AFW 3008 and 3009 f rendered to GHQ 2nd Echelon. | Appendix 'D' | ||
| 22 | Strength of Unit – 14 Offrs 517 ORs. | |||
| 23 | Normal replenishment point held. A.P. returns to unit location. | |||
| FRANCE | 24 | Normal replenishment point held. 1 OR posted to 77DS, 1 to 18 LFA and 1 to 76 Fd Hyg Sec. 1 OR posted to unit from 18 LFA. | ||
| 25 | 1030 | Replenishment point held in coy location. 1 OR admitted to hospital with Petrol burns. | ||
| 26 | 1030 | Normal replenishment. | ||
| 26 | 1415 | Unit visited by Brigadier Roscoe Harvey Comd 29 Armd Bde who spoke to all N.C.O.s | ||
| 27 | 14 ORs posted to unit from 37 RHU | |||
| 28 | Unit received orders to move location from ROTS to an area 4 miles north of BALLEROY. | |||
| 28 | 1005 | Coy left ROTS and arrived location at 1815 hrs. | ||
| 29 | Unit moved location to an area 5 miles south of BALLEROY. Normal replenishment point. | |||
| 29 | AFW 3008 and 3009 f rendered to GHQ 2nd Echelon. | Appendix 'E' | ||
| 29 | Strength of Unit – Offrs 14 ORs 528. | |||
| 30 | 1045 | Replenishment Point in coy location. | ||
| 31 | 1100 | Replenishment Point in coy location. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com.
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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