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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 185 Inf Bde
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brigadier E.L. Bols
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
TINCHEBRAY 1   Our holiday continues and the front is very quickly drawing away from us. We rest and go to concerts in the ruins of VIRE. Some find it dull, others are thankful for a rest. The units at least are in no doubt about it and only gradually fill their empty ranks. The break-up of 59 Div provides reinforcements from their own regiments for Warwick and Norfolk. Hoewever there are portents on the horizon, for some clouds the size of a mans fist, for others the glow of a new dawn – and the first sign is : –

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.