| 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: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. Sir J.G. Carew-Pole |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Early in the morning Major Browne 2nd-in-Command took Recce parties from Companies preparatory to taking over positions from 5th Monmouthshires who were going to push on beyond the town to the North West during the night. In order to do this we were asked to provide 2 Companies to come under command of the 5th Monmouthshires - One Company 'D', to go out and take up positions on an all important lock gates at the most westerly end of the docks and by road 3 miles from the centre of the town and about 2 miles from the next nearest British troops. It was essential that these lock gates should be defended because were they to be destroyed the whole of the rest of the dock works would collapse, and rebuilding would take 20 years. |
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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