WO 171/1255 - 4 Grenadier Guards - July 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: 4th Tk Bn Grenadier Guards
Month and Year: July 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.R.H. Davies

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	31		A quiet morning followed by an afternoon scare, when it was reported that some 30 Tigers plus inf were forming up in the wooded country some 500 yards to our N.E. Emergency disposns were taken up, but it proved to be a scare, due to an air recce reporting our ow locations inaccurately. This was unfortunate as at this moment ‘A’ Ech chose to arrive. It dispersed very rapidly into the background, until it was once again able to rejoin us. At about 1500 hrs orders were received to carry out an attack in support of RSF on the high ground NE of LA FERRIER AU DOYEN. During the recce for this attack, the Bn was attacked by one or two rocket firing Typhoons. The placing of yellow recognition signals provided no security from this attack.

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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