| 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: 2nd Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regt | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt-Col D.L.A. Gibbs DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | During the past few days an operation had been in progress to clear up the German bridge-head west of the river Maas. This had been started by 12 Corps attacking from the south in a North Easterly direction towards VENLO, and was to be followed up by 15e Scottish Div - immediately to the south of VENRAY. To enable 11 Arm Div to concentrate for their part of the attack, units of 3 BR Inf Div. had to take over parts of the line held by them. During the day it was decided that this battallion should take over from 8 rifle Brigade immediatly south of battallions present positions. Nothing to report during the day except increased shelling. Maj. PV Albery and six other ranks joined the battallion. One other rank wounded that day. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.
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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