WO 171/680 - 154 Infantry Brigade - November 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: H.Q. 154 Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: November 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. J.A. Oliver, D.S.O., M.B.E.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	22		At 1330 hours 1 Black Watch sent a patrol to the area of the road junction 848040 where a patrol of 153 Bde was contacted. A Tp of Honey tanks patrolled forward to 861075 and one tank was blown up on a mine. At about 1600 hours one coy of 7 A. & S.H. sent a patrol through the woods making for HOUT BLERICK. By 0045 hours the patrol reached 874078 and found themselves in a minefield running approximately from 867083 - 871077 - 883073 and all tracks and roads to HOUT BLERICK were mined with Teller and Schumines. As it was inadvisable to continue in darkness the patrol returned and went out again at 0720 hours and a Tp of Flails was ordered to move up to assist the patrol.

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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