| 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: July 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brigadier G.L. Verney, M.V.O. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 0700 | The Bde advance party consisting of six offrs and some 30 O.Rs. left Cale Hill for France. For the journey over the party was in charge of Capt. J.Mc.I. Young and on arrival in the concentration area Capt. Sawnay the G.S.O. III took over Comd of the party. The Marshalling Area at Petersfield was reached at 1500 hrs after a trying drive at an apalling slow speed, our 11 fast moving vehs being not allowed to exceed 25 m.i.2.h. | Appx ‘A’ + ‘B’ refer to the move of Brigade. Remainder of appendices refer to Operation “Bluecoat” except Appx ‘C’. |
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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