| 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Regt received orders at 0200 hrs to move to the area NE of ST. OEDENRODE 4238 with the intention of clearing the 30 Corps centre line which had been out during the night 24/25.9.44. Moved at 0600 hrs and at 0800 hrs made contact with American Airborne tps one mile SW of ST. OEDENRODE 4238. Combined attack on the cut at 452346 by American Airborne and British tks from the NE and regtl SA fire which was being brought to bear on the road by isolated German snipers. |
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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