WO 171/3377 - 110 Provost Company - December 1944

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	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: 110 Provost Coy
Month and Year: December 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Capt. J.D. Brown

Place	Date	Summary
FIELD	1	No. 1 section Cinema, Car Park, Information Post & Point in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	2	No. 1 section Cinema, Car Park, Information Post & Point and Street Patrols in HELMOND. Wheels & Tks of Armd Sqn 11 Armd Div escorted through the town. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. H.Q. Recce Regt moved along route towards VOLKEL. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	3	No. 1 section Cinema, Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. Observations being kept on 59 Waard Straat and a small cafe. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	4	No. 1 section Cinema, Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	5	No. 1 section Cinema, Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	6	No. 1 section Cinema, Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. Number of cars using Car Park was 117. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. A number of inhabitants in the area were checked and everything found in order. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	7	No. 1 section Cinema, Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. Observation again kept on 59 Waard Straat. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	8	No. 1 section Cinema, Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. Observation were kept on 31 Waard Straat and again on 59 Waard Straat. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. A veh census was carried out on the bridge at HELMOND during the period 0900-1200 hrs. The following was the result. West to East: 579 wheeled vehs, 11 tk transporters, 45 civilian vehs. East to West: 828 wheeled vehs, 25 tk transporters, 53 civilian vehs.
FIELD	9	No. 1 section Cinema, Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. 65 med, 79 med regts passed through HELMOND between 1005 – 1145 hrs. Observations again kept on houses in Waard Straat, HELMOND suspected of being disorderly. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route & Circle Rtn. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	10	No. 1 section Cinema, Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. The town was quiet and orderly. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. 23 Hussars moved along Route to HELMOND. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	11	No. 1 section Cinema, Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	12	No. 1 section Cinema, Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section handed over duties at ZOMEREN & on 3 bridges to 15 (S) Div Pro. Coy.. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section handed over two pts on lateral Routes to 3 Div Pro Coy. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	13	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section established their section H.Q. at 209 Molenstraat, HELMOND and took over duties from No. 7 section on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section moved to GELDROP & established sect. H.Q. there. No. 8 section street patrols & duties at theatre & cinemas in HELMOND. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	14	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. At 1300 hrs point at BAKEL Xrds was taken over from 11 Armd. Div Pro Coy. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at GELDROP. Move of wheels of 29 Armd Bde was supervised through GELDROP to EINDHOVEN. No. 8 section street patrols & duties at theatre & cinemas in HELMOND. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	15	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at GELDROP. No. 8 section street patrols & duties at theatre & cinemas in HELMOND. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	16	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. Convoy of 8RBs escorted along route from DEURNE to EINDHOVEN. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at GELDROP. No. 8 section street patrols & duties at theatre & cinemas in HELMOND. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	17	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point & Street Patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. 159 Inf Bde Gp moved along Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section moved to NEDERWEERT. No. 8 sectionmoved to WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	18	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. “Out of Bounds” notices erected at 7 Cafes in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. Elements of 12 Corps moved through area considerable enemy air activity in DEURNE area. A.P. bombs were dropped. No. 3 section Main. H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section took over points at WEERT from 12 Corps Pro Coy. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	19	Company moved to new location at LEENDE. No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 sectoin painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	20	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. Considerable movement of tks through HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at DEURNE. Arrangements made for handing over points to 3 Div Pro Coy. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. 6 Gds Tk Bde moved through area from HELMOND. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	21	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. No. 2 section moved to HEEZE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	22	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at HEEZE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	23	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. Two bombs were dropped in HELMOND causing some civilian casualties. No. 2 section police duties at HEEZE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	24	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at HEEZE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	25	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at HEEZE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	26	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at HEEZE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	27	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at HEEZE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	28	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at HEEZE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
	29	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. A check was made on cafes in HELMOND & all were found to be in order. No. 2 section police duties at HEEZE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. The rds in Corps Area were icebound during the morning but later in the day improved & traffic moved normally.
	30	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at HEEZE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.
FIELD	31	No. 1 section Car Park, Information Post & Point, Street Patrols, Cinemas & Theatre in HELMOND. No. 2 section police duties at HEEZE. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at NEDERWEERT. No. 8 section police duties at WEERT. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT.

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