| 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: 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.G. Byron |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | This Operation was part of the Airborne landings made on 17 Sep. and the whole consisted of a great drive by 30 Corps across the ESCAULT CANAL to GRAVE, across the WAAL at NIJMEGEN and the Lower Rhine at ARNHEM. 30 Corps was to be led by the Gds. Armd. Div. with 43 Div. following, the Regiment being under comd. 214 Inf. Bde. (Brigadier Essame DSO). The Gds. Armd. Div. had already got and through to NIJMEGEN and linked up with the 101 US Airborne Troops at EINDHOVEN. If the Bridge over the Rhine was blown, i.e. thus proving the failure to force the crossing, 43 Div. were to come through, their operation being divided into 4 phases as follows:- |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.
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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