| 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: 110 Provost Coy | ||
| Month and Year: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Capt. J.D. Brown |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIELD | 1 | No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted and patrolled “Hat” Route. Nos. 3 & 4 sections painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. Nos. 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs 615247, 663298 and 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. Coy moved location to HELMOND. | ||
| 2 | No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 4 section assisted in move of Rear Corps H.Q. Nos. 5 & 6 section T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| 3 | No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 4 section manning Information Post at HELMOND. Nos. 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 4 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| FIELD | 4 | No. 1 sectoin “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 4 section manning Information Post & point in HELMOND. Nos 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs 615247. 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | ||
| 5 | No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 4 section manning Information Post & point in HELMOND. Nos. 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| 6 | No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 4 section manning Information Post & point in HELMOND. Nos 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| FIELD | 7 | No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 4 section manning Information Post & point in HELMOND. Nos. 5 & 6 section T.M.C. & main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | ||
| 8 | No. 1 section “Triangle” Route & control of traffic through VOLKEL airfield. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 61st Fd. Regt. and 110th Med. Regt. passed through this section of Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. 32 […] RASC 21 A Gp passed through proceeding to EINDHOVEN. No. 4 section manning Information Post & point in HELMOND. A curfew patrol was carried out at MIERLO between 2100 and 2200 hrs. Observation being kept on 26 Rector Donkerstraat. Nos 5 & 6 section T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| FIELD | 9 | No. 1 section withdrew paintsmen from Triangle Route and moved their section H.Q. to HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 9 AGRA moved along this portion of the route successfully. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. Normal maint. traffic passed over this Route. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. The curfew patrol was again carried out at MIERLO and as a result of observations kept on 26 Rector Donkerstraat a man by the name of Shutz [Schütz] was arrested by the Dutch Police for being in possession of W.D. property. Nos. 5 & 6 section T.M.C. and Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND and on “Hat” Route. 6th Gds Tk Bde passed over the bridge at HELMOND during the day and no hold ups occurred. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | ||
| 10 | No. 1 section performing Car Park duties and patrols at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 43 Tk Transporters moved over the route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. Traffic was extremely heavy, it being mainly maint. traffic No. 4 section manned Informatoin Post and point at HELMOND. Also assisted in the move of columns in 12 Corps moving along “Hat” Route. Nos 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND and on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| FIELD | 11 | No. 1 section Car Park duties & patrols at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 86 Fd Regt & 79 Med Regt passed along the Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. There was again a considerable amount of traffic. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. Nos. 5 & 6 sections T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. Traffic moved smoothly during the day. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | ||
| 12 | No. 1 Car Park duties & patrols at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 53rd Med Regt, 51st Hvy Regt, 5th Coldstream Gds and a considerable number of vehs of the 186 Bridging Coy passed along the Route. No. 3 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. A large number of Tk carrying transporters passed through the Route. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. Nos. 5 & 6 section T.M.C. & Main H.Q. duties respectivively. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| FIELD | 13 | No. 1 section Car Park duties & patrols at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 1st Bn Welsh Gds, A.P.R. Regt and A.R.B. 222 Sqn. passed along the Route. Traffic was fairly heavy throughout the day. No. 3 section handed over their duties on “Triangle” Route to No. 6 section and took over Main Corps H.Q. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & an “Hat” Route. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298 & 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | ||
| 14 | No. 1 section Car Park duties & patrols at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main Corps H.Q. duties. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in Helmond. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND an “Hat” Route. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298, 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| FIELD | 15 | No. 1 section Cinemas & Car Park duties at HELMOND. A.B.G. Conference signed & supervised. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND an “Hat” Route. No. 8 section supplying points at MRs. 615247, 663298, 638331. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | ||
| 16 | No. 1 section Cinemas & Car Park duties at HELMOND. Outriders provided for visit of Lt. Gen. Sir Alexander Hood, DGAMS during his visit to Med Services in Corps Area. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. Assistance was given to a member of a hvy bomber which crashed in the vicinity of this sector of the Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle Route”. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & an “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT | |||
| FIELD | 17 | No. 1 section Cinemas & Car Park duties at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point in HELMOND. No. 5 section T.M.C. Duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | ||
| 18 | No. 1 section Cinemas & Car Park duties at HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 3rd Super Hvy Regt moved along the route at 1430 hrs and passed through without any difficulty. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section manned Information Post & point & […] street patrols in HELMOND. 2 cases occurred of civilians being held up at the point of a pistol and robbed in HELMOND. Investigations were instituted but without success. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| FIELD | 19 | No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post and patroles in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section took over duties at ZOMEREN and control of 3 bridges, making a preliminary recce before taking over from 15(S) Div Pro Coy. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | ||
| 20 | No. 1 sectoin Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. One Sqn of Flail Tanks were escorted along the route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN and control of 3 Bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| FIELD | 21 | No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | ||
| 22 | No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| FIELD | 23 | No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND and on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | ||
| 24 | No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. At 2300 hrs 500 refugees from VENLO area were accomodated in the Flora Hall, HELMOND & as a result the Hall was closed for entertainment. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. Traffic at the birdges was light to medium. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND and on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” and Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| FIELD | 25 | No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. 153 Bde Gp. moved along the Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | ||
| 26 | No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| 27 | No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | |||
| FIELD | 28 | No. 1 sectoin Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. A mobile patrol was instituted in HELMOND for the purpose of checking the civilians at 2300 hrs. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. Corps Commander visited 122 D.I.D. at the T.M.C. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. | ||
| 29 | No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & patrols in HELMOND. Car Park arrangements laid on for a conference held at Scala Cinema, HELMOND. No. 2 section painted & patrolled “Hat” Route. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. Tanks and wheeled traffic of 6 Gds Tk Bde were conducted through HELMOND entering the town at 1430 hrs and were clearing 1630 hrss. No hold ups occurred. | |||
| FIELD | 30 | No. 1 section Cinemas, Car Park, Information Post & point in HELMOND. Town patrols were arranged for visit of Gen. Eisenhower to HELMOND. No. 2 section took over duties at DEURNE from 11 Armd Div Pro and established their section H.Q. at MR. 651203. No. 3 section Main H.Q. duties. No. 4 section duties at ZOMEREN & control of 3 bridges. No. 5 section T.M.C. duties. No. 6 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” Route. No. 7 section police duties at HELMOND & on “Hat” Route. No. 8 section painted & patrolled “Triangle” & Circle Rtn Routes. 120 vehs of Coldstream Gds. tks and wheels escorted along Route to HELMOND. No. 9 section police duties at GEMERT. |
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. For historical research, always check the originals.
