WO 171/839 - 5 Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - September 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: 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J.E. Swetenham

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	4		'C' Sqn managed to get a tp up to the high ground by the church but one tk was knocked out by a 88mm gun (Lieut. Dickson wounded). 'A' Sqn got two tps over in the early morning and by 1000 hrs we were comding the high ground with tps of 'A' and 'C' Sqns. A patrol from 'B' Sqn was sent to recce LA BASSEE and reported two 88 mm guns NORTH of the village firing SOUTH and SW. 131 Bde ordered to take over the brhd area and mop up the bdgs NORTH of the CANAL. The regt was pulled out of the Canal area at 1800 hrs and continued the adv on a new centre line via LENS direction GHENT. Crossed the Belgian frontier at 2115 hrs at TUFFLERS 8338 and spent the night at COYGHEM 9147.

Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, transcribing: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com.

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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