| 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: 6th Guards Tank Brigade | ||
| Month and Year: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brigadier W.D.C. Greenacre, M.V.O. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 0800 | 4 Tk Gren Gds were dispatched to area LOUVAIN. This move proved to have been based on an order that had been rescinded by Second Army. The Bde on the contrary, will now move in the opposite direction – S.E. to the area MAASTRICHT where it will come under comd Ninth U.S. Army. 4 Tk Gren Gds will be retrieved on transporters the day after tomorrow. 6 Gds Tk Bde has achieved something in the nature of a record. It has been under comd three different armies within a space of 24 hrs. |
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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