| 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: 4th Tk Bn Coldm Gds. | ||
| Month and Year: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. A.W.A. Smith |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOCHOLT | 20 | 1300 | In the early hours of the morning the Bn received orders to be ready to move at 6 hrs notice. A Ech left 1300 hrs and tanks at 1500 hrs for BOCHOLT, near BREE, where 6 Gds Tk Bde were to concentrate. The route was HELMOMD – WEERT – HIMSEL 6589 – ITTERVOORT – rd junc 653850 – KINROY – BREE – BOCHOLT 3588. This entailed the latter part of the march being completed in the dark. |
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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