WO 171/678 - 153 Infantry Brigade - October 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: HQ 153 Inf Bde
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig J.R. Sinclair, DSO

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
LOON OP ZAND	31		At 0930 hrs the Bde Comd held a conference at Bde HQ and gave orders for the take over of the 160 Bde area. The Bde Comd and Bde Gp recce parties left at 1000 hrs to recce the new area. At 1400 hrs the 1 Gordons leading vehs arrived in ‘s HERTOGENBOSCH followed by Bde HQ, 5 BW and 5/7 Gordons. The take over of 1 Gordons from 4 Welch was complete by 1500 hrs and of 5 BW from 1/5 Welch by 1700 hrs. Comd of the sector then passed to HQ 153 Bde at 1830 hrs. 5/7 Gordons relieved the 2 Mons at 2200 hrs. The take over went without incident and by 2359 hrs the bde gp was disposed as per trace att as Appx “RR”.	Trace att as Appx “RR”

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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