| 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: First Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | At 1100 hrs, the Bn was visited by reps of 1 HLI, and arrangements were made for the Bn to move out to a rest area in a Military Depot to the south of ANTWERP the following morning, the relief by 1 HLI to be completed by 0600 hrs. At 1700 hrs, however, this was entirely altered. We were informed that the relief had to be carried out by midnight, and that the Bn would be carried in tpt to the Military Depot where it would spend the few remaining hours of the night, after which it would pass the start pt on a 30 mile move not before 0800 hrs. Reconnaissance parties were immediately sent off to the new area, unfortunately this party was not the same as the one which reconnoitred the barracks earlier in the day, with the result that when the Bn arrived at the barracks at 0340 hrs 15 Sep, everyone was strange to the building, and chaos reigned for a little while. The relief was completed at 2330 hrs 14 Sep and by 0100 hrs 15, the Bn was concentrated by the rly sta in ANTWERP. 8 Tp Carriers were, of course, missing from the column, and therefore, men had to be put on carrs, Carden Loyds, and quads, a process which was completed by 0210 hrs. |
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.
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