| 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 The Cheshire Regiment | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. S.V. Keeling, DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1730 | Recce party returns having found a suitable area just over GRAVE bridge in some fields. Mens cookhouse and the D.R’s are, however, under cover. Some enemy shelling this afternoon in area NIJMEGEN. Enemy air activity slight. A.P. bombs dropped on a neighbouring Field Ambulance causing several casualties. Some counter-battery work by our guns. Strong fighter aircraft patrols up most of the day - seems to be a shuttle service over NIJMEGEN bridge and surrounding area. The Commanding Officer paid a short visit to Divisional HQ this morning. |
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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