WO 171/1384 - 2 Royal Ulster Regiment - September 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 The Royal Ulster Rifles
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.C. Harris

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	28		COs conference 0900hrs. A patrol of Coy strenght provided by D Coy left at 1315hrs for area 7018. Patrol proceeded along line of railway to level crossing 700182 arriving at 1405hrs. It was suspected that enemy were occupying two houses at 706181 and at 1430hrs were fired on by a tk gun setting them on fire. At 1435hrs a platoon advanced to burning houses and found a dead German who had been shot by one of our snipers. At 1440hrs spasmodic small arms fire appeared to be coming from second of the burning houses which eventually died down at 1552hrs enemy mortar bombsbegan to fall. Our OP which was in house 695181 estimated that three mortars were firing. Coy withdrew at 1700hrs returning by bounds back to Coy area, mortaring having continued throughout the afternoon causing us six casualties, four of whom were evacuated. Weather was fair with occasional storms.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, 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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