| 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: The Royal Dragoons | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.W. Lloyd |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Regt to come under command 4 Armd Bde wef 2100 hrs and reverts to 12 Corps. Brigadier Carver, DSO. MC, Comd 4 Armd Bde, visits C.O. 0830 hrs. 'A' Sqn relieve 'C' Sqn at MIDDELBEERS. Considerable shelling and mortaring in 'D' Sqn area. Enemy still very sensitive to any movement on our part. Cpl. Burnard, MM, Tpr Williams 77 and Tpr Neillings seriously wounded by one unlucky mortar shell which landed in amongst them when they were dismounted from their White Scout Car. Heavy rain. |
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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