WO 171/870 - 11 Royal Tank Regiment - 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: 11th Bn Royal Tank Regt.
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. R. Dixon

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
MONTILLY	1	1300	Collection 3 Shermans (76 mm) A -1 B - 1 C - 1 now brings upto establishment.
	2	1200	A.Fs W3008 & W3009 submitted upto 1200 hrs the 2 Sep inclusive 1 Rft Sqn in separate form.	Appendix 1
	3	0900	Church parade.
	4	0900	C.Os. conference for Sqn Comd on general topics.
	6	0800	Allotment of 76 mm Range for calibration and targetting.
	9	1200	AFs W3008 & W3009 submitted upto 1200 hrs 9 Sep inclusive 1 Rft Sqn [shown?] separately.	Appendix 2
	11	1430	“A” Sqn plus all vehicles out on 24 hour scheme.
	13	1000	“B” Sqn tanks only out on 24 hours scheme.
	15	1030	“C” Sqn plus all vehicles out on 24 hour scheme.
	15	1200	Lorries despatch for convoy work to forward area A - 5 – B - 6 – C - 5 – HQ - 4 plus 1 jeep & two motor cycles. Officer i/c “B”.
	16	1200	A.Fs. W3008 & W3009 submitted upto 1200 hrs inclusive 1 Rft Sqn separate form.	Appendix 3
	18	1000	One O.R. tried by Field General Court Martial […]ened by Comd 1 Tk Bde for evasion of censorship.
	20	1030	TEWT for all Officers on attack on defended port. Enemy well established with mine fields on dominating ground. Comd & 2IC of 1 Tk Bde present in morning.
	23	1000	Commanding Officers inspection of harbour area.
	23	1200	Submission of A.F. W3008 and W3009 unto 1200 hrs. Inclusive 1 Rft Sqn as separate forms.	Appendix 4
	25	1000	Bde Comds inspection of Sqn […].
	27	1130	Visit to this unit by 30 Ranks of United States Army from 748 Tank Bn. Demonstration soccer game by A and B Squadrons. Demonstration of baseball by Americans.
	28	0900	C.Os. conference with Sqn Comds reference administration.
	29	0815	C.O. and Adj to Bde where information given that we were to join 1 Aslt Bde RE. All equipment to be handed to 42 and 49 R Tanks.
	29	1400	Advance party CO – Adj – QM – IO – LO left.
TAMISE	30	1500	Reported to HQ 1 Aslt Bde RE. C.O. with Bde Comd to Division. HQ of this unit now located BELGIUM and NE FRANCE Sheet 3 1/100000 TAMISE J544866.
	30	1200	Submission of A.F. W3008 & W3009 for all Sqns and 1 Rft to 1 Tk Bde.	Appendix 5

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Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, 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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