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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: 2nd Bn The Royal Ulster Rifles
Month and Year: June 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. I.C. Harris
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
6   The Battalion quickly made its way to the Assembly Area, the small village of LION-SUR-MER about half a mile inland, where they were met by Captain M.D.G.C. Ryan, OC “HQ” Coy, and his party of guides who had landed an hour previously with one of the assault brigades to make a reconnaissance of the Assembly Area. Shell and mortar fie was still coming down resulting in a further few casualties.

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.