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
	6		A deserter, a cpl from 11 Coy, Batt. Sturm, crossed the river and surrendered to a 'C' Sqn patrol this morning. He wore two ribbons, one denoting the Russian War medal and the other that he had been wounded three times. He had obviously had a good education and was well turned out. He gave a great deal of useful information, including the exact location of his Bn HQ and the locations of troops and positions where mines had been laid. His apparent reason for this was a grudge against one of his officers. He was kept at RHQ overnight. Signs of enemy digging in gun positions along the East bank of the river opposite our front. Several targets are engaged by our arty. Fair.

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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