| 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 Bn the Wiltshire Regt | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. E.L. Luce, DSO, TD |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Bn relieves 5 DCLI (214 Bde) in front line. Relief carried out during daylight. Fwd posns in wood from 741512 – 749517 (12 NW/E). Take over completed without incident. Large amount of shelling by en during the night on fwd posns but mostly landing in rear of Bn HQ. No cas reported. |
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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