WO 171/1257 - 3 Irish Guards - September 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: 3rd Bn Irish Guards
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
BERINGEN	8		The Bn remained in the bridge head until 1730 hours when the town was handed over to 11 ARMD DIV. In an unfortunate concentration of mortar fire during the morning Capt. E.B.H. Ingleby, Capt. G.A. Jeffries and Lt. M. Aird were all wounded - so the Bn was getting very short of officers. In the evening, the group moved up to HALCHTEREN and reached the town just as darkness was falling. A sqn and coy of the W.G. group were in possession but had been unable to clear up the local German resistance outside the town. We were therefore compelled to do night clearing which proved eminently satisfactory and the W.G. moved on to join the4 remainder of their group. O.R. cas for the day totalled one killed and 8 wounded.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Fred Bolle.

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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