WO 171/304 - 8 Corps CA - 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: CA Staff HQ 8 Corps
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Col. G.H. Phipps-Hornby

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	21		SCAO, SO1 A and Brig A/Q visited:- (1) 3 Div Refugee Collecting Point (OVERLOON), where evacuation was proceeding smoothly, 320 refugees having been evac and passed to CRTA (212 (R) Det - DEURNE) on 20 Oct. 60 were being loaded on to lorries and a further 50 were awaiting tpt. Brig A/Q undertook to provide cocoa for children at DCP and to provide further tpt for evac. (2) Female asylum where it was found that due to delay in EINDHOVEN on the previous day only one convoy had evacuated. The second convoy had loaded up at 1100 hrs 21 Oct. At 1215 hrs 14 Ambs arrived to evac invalids. (3) 224 Det discussed question of total evac of VENRAIJ. OC Det (Major Miles) to discuss with Burgemeister. Decided to evac refugees from male asylum as soon as possible but to leave mental cases pending further discussion. (4) Orphanage 250 orphans had been evac during the morning 21 Oct. The remaining 150 to be evac as soon as possible. (5) Fwd Collecting Point in VENRAIJ Shuttle service to DCP was being run. A 3 ton lorry (218 Det) arrived with a number of Nuns, children and other persons. The lorry had been shot up by German MG fire, one nun and one man killed, four persons wounded. (Major Miles)

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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