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

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
Sheet 4 1/100,000 MAESEYCK	20		The Bde Gp moved again on 20 December with the intention of concentrating in the area HASSELT 316622. The route for this move was via MILLE - road junction 617485 - road junction 613520 - HEESCH 4851 - UDEN - VEGHEL - ST. OUDENROADE – EINDHOVEN – VALKENSWAARD – HECHTEL - HELCHTEREN - D.P. HASSELT 316622. The order of march was, Bde H.Q. 274 Fd Coy, 126 Fd Regt, "B” Coy 176 Fd Amb, 7 A. & S.H., 7 Black Watch, 1 Black Watch, "B" Coy 1/7 Mx, 241 A.Tk Bty. The lead of the column crossed the S.P. at 0730 hours. The destination, however, was changed en route and the Bde Gp eventually concentrated in the area of MOLL Square 1790. The layout of the bde in this area was 7 A. & S.H. OLMEN 1985, 1 Black Watch in MOLL, 1790, 7 Black Watch in MEERHOUT 1484.

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.

Domains

More information

Contact