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WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Army Form C.2118
Unit: 5 Royal Tank Regiment
Month and Year: October 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. C.A. Holliman, MC
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
2538 27   Regt now placed under Comd 131 Bde. 'B' & 'C' Sqns ordered to proceed to MR 230400 and 219309 respectively supporting 1/6 Queens protecting the Div CL - main rd HELVOIRT – LAIR – UDENHOUT. Rt and left Bdys being the rd GUILDENBERG 259419 to HELVOIRT and the 20 Easting. During the afternoon 'A' Sqn reported some mortaring and enemy inf movement MR 215400. At night RHQ leaguered in HELVOIRT, 'A' Sqn in defensive posns at MR 213370 plus 'A' Coy 1 RB 'B' Sqn at 216372 'C' Sqn at GUILDENBERG.

Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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.