WO 171/1387 - 2 Royal Warwickshire Regiment - October 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: 2nd Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regt
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer:

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
Holland	17		The 8 Br Inf BDE continued their attack on VENRAY on the battalion's right and 2 KSLI succeeded in taking the original 1 Norfolk objective. - the woods in Square 7828 - during the day. To fit in with these, two companies - 'B' and 'D' comapnies - were moved through 'A' and 'C' companies to the north end of VENRAY. This move was effected with only a little opposition from snipers and a certain amount of shell and mortar fire. During the night a patrol from 'D' comapny under Lt DE Hosker went into the monastery at ST SERVATIUS and found it unoccupied by the enemy. During the day Maj TL Brock was wounded and Capt JR Allan assumed command of 'A' company. Eighteen Other Ranks were wounded during this day.

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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