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WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Army Form C.2118
Unit: 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.
Month and Year: November 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. G.K. Barker
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
8 0930 The Commanding Officer attended "O Group" at 8 Armd Bde HQ and returned later bringing back the Commanding Officer, Sqn Ldrs and other officers of the Fort Garry Horse (our affiliated Canadian Regt) who came to recce our area: they were going to take over from us on 11 Nov 44. The officers lunched at RHQ before going round to the Sqn areas. The Fort Garry Horse belong to the 2 Canadian Corps and the last contact we had made with them was in 1941 when their then Commanding Officer (Lt Col Moreton) visited us at EDGCOTE. Their Commanding Officer now was Lt Col Wilson.

Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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.