| 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: 17th Field Coy. RE. | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Major L. Scott-Bowden DSO, MC, RE. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Advance continued. Heavy rain most of the day and going extremely bad. Pls worked on getting armour and vehicles over crossing over Loobeek, and clearing advance routes. 1 Pl had 1 OR killed and three wounded when a shell hit a tree and splinters came down into slit trenches. Many tanks bogged but despite very bad routes and heavy shelling and mortaring advance quite satisfactory. Men returned in the evening weary and wet after very hard days work on route moe and cleareance under much enemy fire. Party from 2 Pl out during night improving the only vehicle crossing over the Molen beek in order to get tanks, bren carriers and A/Tk guns of Inf Bns across at first light. Very succesful job made of it. |
Source: Guido Siebers, transcribing: Mia Litjens.
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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