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WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
| Unit: 4th Bn Somerset LI | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. C.G. Lipscombe |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LE MESNIL MILON (France) | 1-14 | Re-organisation and training. | ||
| 14 | 1115 | Leading veh crossed Bn SP. Bn lifted on TCVs, covered 176 miles and reached CANTEAU (Belgium) at approx 0330 hrs on 15 Sep. | ||
| 15 | 1115 | Bn lifted as previous day covered another 80 miles approx to LINKHOUT (Belgium) amidst cheers and the gifts of grapes, apples, pears, tomatoes etc of the populace. | ||
| 18 | 1630 | Left LINKHOUT, marching personnel in DUKWs. | ||
| 18 | 1900 | Arrived 368790 – DE GROOK HEILE on a bare “blasted heath”. | 43 Div Grouping Op Garden. 4 Som LI Gping & Mov Order. 129 Bde Mov. Order No.2. | |
| 21 | 0800 | Passed SP | ||
| 21 | 1012 | Crossed into Holland. | ||
| 22 | 0400 | Arrived at 617562 near GRAVE. | ||
| 22 | 0800 | Left location. During course of last night a DUKW carrying personnel of C Coy overturned killing 7 and injured others. | ||
| 22 | 1200 | Arrived at NIJMEGEN spent night in large school. | ||
| 23 | 1200 | Left NIJMEGEN and crossed R.Waal. | ||
| 23 | 1400 | 'O' Gp called at 695655. | ||
| 24 | Bn moved and arrived at 694685, where the night was spent. 7 PWs passed back to Bde. One SS man dressed in civilians was dealt with by local Dutch. | |||
| 25 | Static. | |||
| 26 | Moved to ELST (691709) by march route. 1 PW passed back to Bde. | 43 Div Op Instr No.2. | ||
| 27 | 3 PWs (Flak Regt). One Sgt speaks good English and gave useful infm. | |||
| 28 | Static. During night 28/29 br at NIJMEGEN put out of action by desperadoes (thought to be 2 man submarine). | |||
| 29 | Bn static. NIJMEGEN br out of use. Rations etc brought over in DUKWs. |
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