WO 171/1257 - 3 Irish Guards - August 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: 3rd Bn Irish Guards
Month and Year: August 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	9	2100	Eventually the BN. completed the hand_over to a BN. of Royal Scots, and commenced the move to SOURDEVAL.The marching personnel embussed in T.C.Ls. at MONTCHAMP. No one was looking forward to the journey as any dust on the roads was bound to bring down a lot of shelling. 1st.(Armd) Coldstream Gds. were to move into the new position just before dark, and the BN. after dark. We only took the minimum number of vehicles in to the position as the previous unit had lost an enormous amount of transport by taking it right forward - this fact was only too evident when one saw the grave yard of brewed up vehicles in the area of BN. HQ. Our transport was divided into three groups - the actual vehicles we needed with us,confined to jeeps,carriers,rear link vehicles and the C.Os. scout car. Secondly those vehicles necessary to maintain the BN. in battle, such as petrol, ammunition, signal stores and Int. stores,and lastly the remainder of the BN. vehicles, 3 tonners and 15 cwts, and T.C.Ls..These three echelons were known respectively as F. F2. and A.

Source: Antoine Leprince, transcribing: Jeroen Koppes.

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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