| 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: 2nd Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regt | ||
| Month and Year: January 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt-Col H.O.S. Herdon |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOCHMABEN | 2 | Battalion, C of E Church Parade, Church LOCHMABEN, Preacher. Rev. T. Austin, Padre. | ||
| 3 | Film in Garrison Theatre 1930 hrs. “The Plainsman”. | |||
| 4 | D Company carried out Exercise “Vanguard I” using live ammunition on “Carthiat Hill”, Range. | |||
| 6 | 'B' Company on Ex “Vanguard I”. | |||
| 7 | New Typhus injection given to Bn personnel. | |||
| 8 | 185 Inf. Bde, Exercise “Key” began. Cipher exercise of one weeks duration. Bn move order for move to NAIRN issued to companies. | |||
| 9 | Lt. Col. H.O.S. Herdon, returned from leave. | |||
| ST MARY'S LOCH | 12 | “A” Company practised a company assault landing at ST MARY'S LOCH. | ||
| LOCHMABEN | 13 | 0730 | Battalion advance party leave camp. | |
| LOCHMABEN | 13 | For NAIRN, by road. Party staged night 13/14 Jan 44 at DUNDEE. New issue of maps for use at NAIRN distributed to the 185 Inf. Bde. Gp. | ||
| ST MARY'S LOCH | 14 | 0800 | D' Company practiced a company assault landing at ST MARY'S LOCH. | |
| LOCHMABEN | 15 | 1915 | Battalion road party, comprising 43 vehicles left camp for NAIRN. Party staged night 15/16 Jan 44 at PERTH. | |
| LOCHMABEN | 16 | 1919 | First train party left LOCHMABEN for NAIRN. | Appx A, B, C, D. |
| 17 | 1500 | Second traing party left LOCHMABEN for NAIRN. | ||
| NAIRN | 19 | 2000 | R.N.A.S. officer visited commanding officer to arrange drogue target practice. | |
| 20 | 1930 | Bn rear road rail parties arrive at NAIRN. | ||
| 21 | 0930 | Bn all ranks dance, town hall, NAIRN. | ||
| NAIRN | 23 | 1000 | Bn church parade for service at the old parish church, NAIRN. Preacher Rev. J. Austin, C.F. | |
| 24 | Six members of the Bn intelligense sec. flew on a practice air recce flight of stn. area. | |||
| 25 | 1400 | Rifle Coys embarked on landing ship infantry for a 24 hrs cruise. Offrs, Woi & Sgts in station attended lecture at HQ 3 Br. Inf. Div. | ||
| 25 | Subtext “Prisoner of War behaviour”. | |||
| 27 | 0700 | Bn Assault Gp. conference on Ex “Crown”. | ||
| 28 | 0930 | Air Naval Bombardemnt, Ex “Fizzle” Bn HQ 2 Assault Coy. HQ's took part. | ||
| 30 | 1100 | Lt. Col. H.O.S. Herdon briefed Bn Gp. Commanders for Ex “Dryshod”. | ||
| 31 | Ex “Dryshod” Bn “dry” assault Ex in NAIRN Area. |
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. For historical research, always check the originals.
