| 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: 2nd Bn Cheshire Regt. | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. S.V. Keeling, DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLITSBERG | 13 | 1000 | Left for new location. Passed through DEURNE – BLANKELAER and arrived at KLITSBERG, where the Bn was dispersed in 3 or 4 open fields at 1200 hrs. Evening was quite interesting. Jerry dropped a large number of flares over the BEERINGEN bridgehead also one two bombs. Bn HQ was a little disturbed at the amount of shrapnel falling into the area. Several trucks were hit but fortunately no damage was caused. |
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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