WO 171/1384 - 2 Royal Ulster Regiment - June 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: 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
	7	1700	“D” Company moved forward supported by one Squadron of tanks (East Riding Yeomanry); the rest of the Battalion remained halted at the side of the wood. Four enemy fighters suddenly appeared and machine gunned the rear companies, causing no casualties. During the battle "D" Company Commander, Captain J.R.StL. Aldworth, was killed; Captain H.M. Gaffikin – OC Carrier Platoon - wounded, remaining with the Battalion, and Lieut H. Green wounded and evacuated. The attack had cost “D” Company one Officer and fourteen Other Ranks Killed, one Officer and eleven Other Ranks Wounded and four Other Ranks Missing, with two Stretcher Bearers from the Medical Section Killed whilst tending the wounded.	See Appendix I

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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