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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 Household Cavalry Regt.
Month and Year: October 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H. Abel Smith
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
5-8   2 H.C.R. has 2 Sqns at 4 hours notice to move to assist 52 Recce in the same task. Remainder of regt at 24 hrs notice. All officers worked in a period of 24 hours leave to BRUSSELS which was a great break and much appreciated.

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.