| 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: 2nd Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regt | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Not much activity during the day except for a little shelling. In 'B 'company area the battalion snipers had a good day and were able to pick off several Germans moving about in the woods. During the night small parties of enemy again tried to infiltrade through 'B 'company but were driven off by grenades and small arms. A patrol of 'B'company discovered a German OP with a wireless set very close to their positions and this was destroyed next day with Piat bombs. One other rank re-inforcement arrived. One other rank posted to unit from 1/7 Warwick. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.
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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