WO 171/840 - 1 Royal Dragoons - November 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: The Royal Dragoons
Month and Year: November 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.W. Lloyd

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	2		The Regt moved at 1000 hrs to concentrate in the area of ASCH, with RHA about 1½ miles SW of the town. At 1400 hrs the C.O. held a Sqn Ldrs' conference. The Regt has to be in 8 Corps reserve under 53 Div, but prepared to operate immediately in the event of an enemy counter-attack in the area S of MAESEYCK. Meanwhile, Sqns were allotted duties to recce certain roads and tracks. The role does not appear to be an exacting one, particularly as an enemy counter-attack in this area appears most unlikely. Sqns find themselves comfortable billets and everyone prepares to settle down to the long-awaited period of rest and recuperation - if only for a few days. Contacts are made for baths, cinemas and other luxuries. At about 2200 hrs a message is received that the Regt is to move at 1000 hrs tomorrow to the area of MILL, about 6 miles ENE of UDEN (a journey of about 85 miles by road from the Regt's present location), for further duties. Dull.

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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