WO 171/424 - 3 Infantry Division Postal Unit - October 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: 3 Br Inf Divisional Postal Unit
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer:

Place	Date	Summary
North-West Europe	1-31	Mail arrivals normal except as otherwise stated. When mails not received it is due to the fact that they were not available at either Corps or Army Postal Units.
	1	Outstanding mails (surface) 24, 25 & 26 despatches collected from Brussels direct.
	2	This unit moved with 3 Br Inf Division to area BEERS.
	3-6	Services normal.
	7	This unit moved with 3 Br Inf Division to area STEEBURG.
	8-9	Services normal.
	10	This Unit moved to WANROY area with 3 Br Inf Division.
	10-13	Services normal.
	14	Lt. J. Knights took over command. Lt. T. Davies transferred to No 8 Base Post Office.
	15-16	Services normal.
	17	This Unit moved with 3 Br Inf Division to area OPLOO.
	18-22	Services normal.
	23	This Unit moved with 3 Br Inf Division to area ST. ANTHONIS.
	24-25	Services normal.
	26	Air Lift for 24 October 1944 not received.
	27	Short conference with A.Q. re. staffing and duties for Christmas pressure.
	28-31	Services normal except for air lift for 24th still outstanding.

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Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, 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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