| 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 153 Inf Bde | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Brig J.R. Sinclair, DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | At 0200 hrs Tac Bde HQ moved over the canal and was estalished at 632992 beside 5/7 Gordons. The Bde Comd visited all the bns on their objectives and congratulated them on their excellent performance. At 0840 hrs the class 40 bridge was completed. 5/7 Gordons began clearing the woods area 6498 at 1100 hrs and had completed their task by 1200 hrs, having met no opposition. At 1100 hrs 154 Bde with 1 BW leading passed through directed on LEVEROI 0896. At 1120 hrs the GOC visited the Bde Comd and informed him that there would be no further work for the bde gp that day. Accordingly 5/7 Gordons were ordered to conc East of the Wooded area 6496. At 2000 hrs the GOC informed the Bde Comd that 153 Bde would push through 154 Bde on the following morning and capture ROGGEL 7397 pushing North to the line of the UITWATERINGS Canal 7601 7700. |
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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