| 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: CA Staff HQ 8 Corps | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Col. G.H. Phipps-Hornby |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moved to R3278 NE of EVREUX from ST PAUL near FLERS. | |||
| MORGNY | 2 | AM: Moved to MORGNY. | ||
| 2 | PM: 17, 218 and 224 Dets joined HQ at MORGNY. | |||
| 5 | 217 and 224 Dets left to go under comd 30 and 12 Corps respectively. | |||
| 6 | All French LOs left to go to various static jobs. | |||
| 7 | SO2 Fin (Maj. F.W. S. Roberts) accompanied RA rep to recce range at BEAUVAIS for calibrating 27 pdrs. Arranged satisfactorily. | |||
| CAMBRAI | 14 | HQ and 218 Det moved to area CAMBRAI. | ||
| COURSEL | 15 | HQ and 218 Det moved to COURSEL in BELGIUM. | ||
| 16 | 217 Det rejoined 8 Corps and moved to LINDE K4080. | |||
| LINDE | 17 | HQ moved to LINDE K4080. | ||
| 17 | 1600 | 3 Div reported civilian movement through FDLs. Wanted CA to help to check. Limitations of Dets explained. 218 instructed to move to 3 Div. Local resistance established control posts under supervision of 218 Det and checked all civilians on roads. | ||
| 18 | SCAO (Col G.H. Phipps-Hornby) and SO1A (Lt.Col. R.S. Manley) visited Second Army CA. | |||
| 18 | 1345 | Major Stok and Capt Rhuys (Dutch adm officers) reported. Capt Rhuys sent to 218 Det. | ||
| 18 | 2100 | 224 Det reported and camped in same area as HQ. | ||
| 20 | 217 Det moved to join Main HQ 11 Armd Div. | |||
| EXEL | 21 | HQ moved to EXEL 374875. | ||
| E4302 | 22 | HQ and 224 Det moved to area Convent at E4302. | ||
| 23 | 1100 | SCAO and SO1 (A) visited HAMONT and WEERT and saw the two Burgomasters. | ||
| 23 | 1600 | SO1E (Lt.Col. A.W.E. Crawford) visited 218 Det at BUDEL. | ||
| GELDROP | 24 | HQ and 224 Det moved to GELDROP E4916. | ||
| 25 | SCAO visited 203 (A) Det at EINDHOVEN to discuss areas of responsibilty. 203 Det not able to say. | |||
| 26 | SCAO and SO1A visited Second Army to discuss hand over arrangements for HOLLAND internal affairs and future policy for MG in GERMANY. | |||
| 26 | Col Thorne-Thorne (SCAO Airborne Corps) visited this HQ to discuss bdys within HOLLAND for which he was responsible. SO1E visited 12 Corps and 30 Corps and arranged for 8 Corps to take over 30 Corps area up to 12 Corps bdy and as far north an R MEUSE. All of BELGIUM to be handed to Army. | |||
| 26 | SO2A (Major D.J. Mitchell) visited HELMOND ref labour position. | |||
| 27 | 1045 | SO2A discussed question of skilled labour for Pavé laying with RE rep. | ||
| 27 | Arranged with Burgomaster GELDROP for labour to be available. | |||
| 27 | 1600 | SO1A and SO2E (Major W.L. Brown) visited 203 Det at EINDHOVEN. | ||
| 28 | SCAO visited 217 and 218 Dets. | |||
| 28 | 1200 | SO1E visited 203 Det and clarified position of Det with regard to 8 and 12 Corps areas. | ||
| 28 | 1400 | SCAO (Airborne Corps) visited this HQ to see whether area responsibility was satisfactory. | ||
| 28 | 1530 | SCAO 12 Corps visited this HQ and discussed Corps bdy. Decided that present bdy would remain for CA even if op bdy changed. | ||
| 29 | 1000 | SCAO 12 Corps visited HQ ref bdys. Decided with SCAO to conform to op bdy. 203, 304 and 525 (DP) Dets revert to comd 12 Corps. | ||
| 29 | 1600 | Reps of SHAEF CA Mission to NETHERLANDS visited this HQ. | ||
| 30 | 1230 | Brig Cazenove (SHAEF CA Mission to NETHERLANDS) visited HQ. | ||
| 30 | 1400 | SCAO Airborne Corps visited HQ to make sure that bdys were satisfactory. |
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. For historical research, always check the originals.
