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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: 1/7th Bn The Queen's Royal Regt.
Month and Year: September 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. W.D. Griffiths, MC.
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
21 1800 A direct hit was scored on a water tower 003911. Very little happened from dusk onwards. Some enemy MG fire reported by "A" Coy’s left fwd pl. The last light SITREP was NTR. A patol from "D" reported enemy digging in area 994908. Visibility improvd during the afternoon up to approx 2,000 x but at 1800 hrs the mist came down again and the night was very misty. Our snipers bag 16 killed 4 possibles.

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.