WO 171/1251 - 4 Coldstream Guards - December 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	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
HOUTHEM	28-5 Jan.		This period was taken up entirely by a series of conferences and reconnaissances of both areas for the purpose of siting defensive positions for tanks in conjuntion with infantry positions, which were dug during this period. All troop, and, later, tank commanders were given full days in both areas to give them opportunities of knowing the ground intimately. The Recce Tp. also spent a day in each area. The maps which we have to work from, do not appear to resemble the country, and it is deemed essential that all commanders should know the roads etc., without having to rely on these maps in entirety. The Commanding Officer has ordered that all vehicles to be in these areas, will be dug in to avoid casualties likely to be incurred by initial artillery fire in the event of an attack. This includes tanks.

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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