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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: HQ 185 Inf Bde
Month and Year: July 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brig. K.P. Smith OBE.
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
5 0110 Shells on Bde HQ. Two RE casualties. Some shells fell on the German barracks and set them on fire. As there was a lot of SAA in them there was a lot of noise and excitement. Fortunately no one was hit. AFS came to the rescue.

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.