WO 171/838 - 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards - September 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: 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.G. Byron

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	7	1600	Orders were changed and we returned to 8 Armd. Bde command moving on to AARSCHOT going via WILLEBROCK and MECHLIN, harbouring N.E. of AARSCHOT for the night. The Commanding Officer gave out orders 2230 hrs. Our intention being to cross over the Bridge on the ALBERT CANAL at BEERINGEN (which had been captured by the Guards Armd. Div.) turning left exploiting the Bridgehead and getting behind the enemy who are holding the crossings over the N.W. thus helping 50 Div. to obtain some Bridges. ”B” Sqn. to lead with “A” Coy. 12 K.R.R.C. under command. Bridgehead at BEERINGEN was only half a mile deep.

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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