| 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 Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment | ||
| Month and Year: August 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. Sir J.G. Carew-Pole |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | We were warned to be prepared to move on as a part of a very greatly re-inforced 30 Corps, which would consist now and for future operations of, Inns of Court, and Household Cavalry acting as armoured Recce, The Guards Armoured Division, 11th Armoured Division, 50th (Northumbrian) Division, and 43rd Division, 231 Infantry Brigade would follow in the wake of The Guards Armoured Division, our job would be to mop up whatever the Guards left behind them. We started off through DOUAINS at 1700 hrs – unfortunately soon after passing the start point 'C' and 'D' Companies turned off the wrong way and the Battalion, which should have been leading was now split and 'A' and 'B' and Bn H.Q., led the Brigade, and 'C' and 'D' followed, 'C' Company behind the Hampshires, and 'D' Company at the tail end. We crossed the SEINE at VERNON and in doing so passed through 43rd Division, who had made the bridgehead for us. The journey was made the more complicated by reason of the Battalion being split, and also due to the fact that in VERNON 'C' and 'D' Companies were forced to wait for an R. A. convoy to pass by us on another route. We stopped the night just outside a small village called VAUDAN COURT at 652878. |
Source: 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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