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WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY |
Army Form C.2118 |
Unit: HQ 32 Gde Bde | ||
Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: |
Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
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NIJMEGEN | 2 | 0900 | Bde ordered to relieve 5 Bde on the island North of R. WAAL. Gren Gp remain in area GRAVE and come under comd 5 Bde. W.G. Gp remain in posn on island and come under 32 Bde. Coldm Gp take over posns from I.G. Gp. | |
KROKADELLA | 2 | 1500 | Bde comes under comd 50 Div and establishes HQ at 691669. | |
4 | Bde supports 231 Bde attack on BEMMEL. | |||
6 | Relieved by 160 Bde of 53 Div. | |||
DEN VALENDRIE | 7 | 0700 | Come into Corps res with HQ at 633570. | |
HATERT-MALDEN | 11 | Bde concentrates East of MAAS – WAAL canal as a counter-attack res in sp of 43 and 82 U.S. Airborne Divs. Bde HQ established at 689570. | ||
GRAVE Brks | 12 | 1100 | All Offrs, W.O.'s and Sgts of Bde attend lecture on past and current ops by 30 Corps. | |
HEERLEN | 15-17 | Bde Major and I.O. visit U.S XIX Corps with Bn I.O.’s to see sector pf American break-through of Siegfried Line North of AACHEN. | ||
HATERT | 17 | Prince John of Luxembourg rejoins Bde HQ. | ||
28 | Lieut. C.O. Cumming relinquishes appointment as L.O. for 3 I.G. on being invalided home. | |||
29 | Major-General Bde of Gds, accompanied by Div Comd, Bde Major Bde of Gds, and GSO I, lunched at Bde HQ. | |||
30 | Bde receives a new operational role to come to sp 2 HCR if attacked on sector of R. MAAS they are watching between CUYK and BOXMEER. | |||
30 | Coldm Gp put at 2 hrs notice for this purpose, remainder of Bde at 6 hrs notice. | |||
30 | Lieut. O. Wrightson succeeded by Lieut. R.G. Style as L.O. for 5 Coldm Gds on returning to duty. |
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