| 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: 3 MON | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.C. Stockley |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area of VOOLEN | 26 | Little activity during the day, except for spasmodic Spandau fire, shelling and mortaring, especially in "A" Coy area. During night 26/27 enemy patrols penetrated "A" Coy lines, killing the sentry and brewing up two tanks of 23 H, who are in support of "A" Coy. "D" Coy sent out one section to occupy small house forward of their posn. Unfortunately, they ran into an enemy ambush, which resulted in 1 NCO and 3 of section being missing. |
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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