WO 171/1334 - 2 Lincolnshire Regiment - 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: 2 Lincolns
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. C.L. Firbank

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	6		Bn. 'I' Sec attended one day course at Bde HQ under the Bde I.C. During the morning information was received that an isolated enemy force was still holding out in a wood S.W. of AMIENS, and that 2 Lincolns would be prepared to clear the wood. Troop carrying transport was allotted and Bn was embussed and about to move of at 1700 hrs when the operation was cancelled. The report of enemy in the wood had apparently been highly elaborated. A recce party from Bn. HQ had gone forward on receipt of the information and contacted F.F.I. HQ who stated that there was no confirmation of enemy occupying the wood, and that the F.F.I. could deal with the situation themselves. Capt. Nill assumed comd 'S' Coy vice Capt. Iremonger

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Theo Vervoort.

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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