| 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: 8th Bn. The Rifle Brigade | ||
| Month and Year: June 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. E.D. Treneer-Michell |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTESS | 28 | 2145 | Just as 'G' Coy is coming back to conc with the rest of the Bn. an enemy force incl. Tigers appears over the hill from the SOUTH, causing some confusion. 'G' Coy suffers some cas. in moving to assembly area incl. Lieut-Oxley-Boyle wounded, and the Tigers came up on top of the ridge and shelled the Bn. conc area at 954635. |
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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