| 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: 4th Bn the Wiltshire Regt | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. E.L. Luce, DSO, TD |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Deserter walks into B coy lines. On interrogation by IO he states that he states that his coy occupies a large cellar of house previously reported clear by night patrol in area 773557. He also stated that ELSENHOF (7955) was occupied by his Hn HQ and Adm area. Both these areas were very heavily shelled by arty during the evening. At about 1930 hrs the e on fired approx 60shells in Bn area. Two hit the RAF building but there were not cas. 776554 Cas believed inflicted as some en were caught out of their trenches. All our own tps returned safely. At approx 2300 hrs two men of D Coy were taken prisoner by an patrol as they were leaving their trench to fetch their food. |
Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.
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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