| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Considered vital by 29 Armd Bde to re-establish observation on the forward ridge to overlook CHENEDOLLE. ‘B' Coy ordered to attack the ridge and establish a standing patrol on top. The Coy gained the top of the ridge and was then counter-attacked by a considerable enemy force who moved up along the banks and hedges in very thick country from the other side. This resulted in some close fighting and the Coy was driven back to its original position suffering some thirty casualties of whom eighteen were missing. The enemy facing ‘B’ Coy were identified as 9 SS. |
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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