WO 171/675 - 152 Infantry Brigade - September 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: 152nd Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. A.J.H. Cassels

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	30		The harbouring parties of the Bde Gp started off at 0615 hrs. This was done in order to have sufficient time to sign route where required, and to recce staging areas. The Bde Gp crossed S.P. a little behind time as shown on Mov Table and consequently did not arrive in staging area until about 1600 hrs. Bde Gp was settled in staging area by 1700 hrs. Day's journey was 88 miles. The biggest part of the Bde Gp were able to get under cover of buildings for the night though some personnel of 5 Camerons had to sleep ip tpt. For locations night 30 Sep/1 Oct see Appx. Int log sheets are attached as Appx J - 6.	Appx I - 5

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Pim van Gelder.

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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