WO 171/838 - 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards - September 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.G. Byron

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	20		Lt.Col. R.G. Byron DSO who had been in comd. of the Regiment since December 1941, to-day handed over comd. to Major G.K. Barker. Lt.Col. R.G. Byron DSO who completed his 3 years as commanding Officer on the 19th September had commanded the Regiment during possibly one of its most eventful and historical periods, and his departure would be much regretted. He took comd. from Lt .Colonel L.E. Misa DSO during the difficult period of training in England after Dunkirk, then the conversion DD, and then finally committing the Regiment in its assault landing on D Day and on through the Normandy campaign and up to this date.

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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