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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 (incl Def Pl)
Month and Year: December 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Brig. E.L. Bols, DSO.
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
25   Christmas Day. As we are due to go out of the line shortly it was decided that the units and Bde HQ ORs should celebrate in the rest area. Bde Comd went round as many coys as possible during the morning.

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.