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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: 4th Bn the Wiltshire Regiment
Month and Year: December 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. E.L. Luce, DSO, TD
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
31   2IC and IO go to area WURSELEN (8748) N of AACHEN to recce posns for firm base role. Parties from Coys proceed to SCHERPENSEEL to dig firing posns as recced by Pl Comds previous day. First leave party proceed to BOURG LEOPOLD (Belgie) en route for CALAIS and England (lucky chaps!)

Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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.