WO 171/1397 - 2 East Yorkshire Regiment - October 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: 2nd Bn. E. Yorks Regt.
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. N.J. Dickson

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	12	1200	Op commenced, with 2 E Yorks on left, 1 Suffolk on right. Good progress made up to 1230 hrs. 2 E Yorks task incl clearing wood in 7532 and 7632, and the leading coys, C and D, after entering the northern edge, were held by the enemy along the line 760326 – 763327 (1245 hrs). 1 Suffolk meanwhile were making good progress on the right. Both bns now under considerable shell and mortar fire. C & D pressed on, and by 1315 hrs were further into the wood. Mines were encountered on the left, and one of C Coys carriers was blown up. Both coys began sending back PW by 1345 hrs, and shortly before 1400 hrs D Coy reached the SW corner of the wood, 760322. They could not adv further, as they had lost their officers and CSM, suffered several other cas, and at the moment were being commanded by a cpl. 1 Suffolk had almost reached OVERLOON, under hy mortar fire, while C Coy were pushing on into the small wood at 768324. By 1445 hrs the latter coy were across the OVERLOON – ROUW rd and fighting on the edge of the large wood immediately South.

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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