| 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: August 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt-Col. D.L.A. Gibbs, DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | ln the morning the Bde came under command of 11 Armd Div and the Bn moved up in TCVs to the BENNY BOCAGE area. In the afternoon the Bn was placed under command of 29 Armd Bde and moved up to the Bde Area the same afternoon and was ordered to put in a night attack to retake PRESSLES, which lay between the forward elements of 29 Armd Bde and its own HQ. The Bn attacked at midnight, supported by 11 Armd Div Arty, with ‘C’ Coy on the right and ‘D’ Coy on the left, followed up by 'A' and 'B’ Coys. |
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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