| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Heavy shelling of fwd coy areas in WOOD 8867, and TRIPSRATH (8767) occupied by 5 Wilts. OC C and 2 IC C coy wounded. Capt Price 2 IC A coy takes over comd C coy. B coy have approx 8-10 cas during the day. Later learned that 2IC C coy ( Capt Crisp)died from wounds in chest. Ground conditions still very bad, some trenches almost 12" deepin water. Despite this three of the coysremain in good spirits, the other one still feeling shaken from shelling. Two deserters ( 1 Rumanian and 1 Urkranian) walk into the D coy line s belonging to 3 coy - 21 SS PGR, this being a new identification on this front. Deserters gave inf of relief to take place, time not known, but increased en movement during the evening was engaged heavily by arty. |
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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