| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | A draft of seven offrs and 35 ORs arrived at 30 Corps Del Sqn. This particular draft had only token 10 days since leaving HCTR. This was an enormous improvement on earlier drafts which had taken anything up to 10 weeks. Scout Comds of which there were six (absorbed from the disbandment of 112 Regt RAC The Sherwood Foresters were badly needed) and as always operators either driver or gunner ops were badly wanted. |
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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