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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
  The nights were getting very long and it was vital for cookhouses and messes as far as possible should be under cover. Sqn HQs were for the most part in Cafes while an excellent billet for a whole Sqn was found at a brickworks between HAPS and OEFFELT. Echs were most comfortably billeted in HAPS.

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.