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VOLUME I
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~b~;~ ~xcept to make replies of a routine character such as
Care Illac~nolwledged," " approved," " agree " and " No "
us a so be taken \Vhen It . , . .
a clear messa"e in . 1 is necessary ro l'erer 1:0
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that t he Wording of
i -- ly that of the forzner ,,
l A '
\Var diary Will be kept .
1
n duplicate . fr
 275
[Chap. XVIII Sa sec. 174] message=>
,,c. 174. 1'\TJJI, . ctions, repoi:ts, d and
-nd day of mobilization .or creation of the pa .
or appointn1enl "'t,y : -
I. Each branch of tlie stnff in the hcadqu t
rt1c11t;;r
(Jb11P
ortan t or
ders mstru_ d and issue ,
i. I.atP c.1espa tcbes
receive
. the past
or . . s taken. ts during . .
formation, a sul.>ordinate conllnanda: ers Of a dccJSJOII . i\{overnen t dispo51t1on~.
or sub-area on the L. of C. nd area 1ocat1on. d presen f
ii. Unit con1n1anders. ii, paily tv-four hours an f large units or o
tweo . bl in the case o
JI! rcb tit e 5 tn.nce
iii. Comniarlders of detachrnents of a un t
iv. Officer i .'c 2nd echelon, officers holdin1 tee . fo~ations are of ass1s.,
tters rel:1t1ng
to the duties of
appointrnents (Sec. 36), and er!
1
h1J.Jc.'\t iii. Important ma f the staff. r
v. Base, auxiliary and advanced deooi co'o~ :afi. each br:u1cli o . Extr.t hour o
vi. Heads of services and their rcpr tan. ers. f O era.t 1ons. ,, '.
t 1 1 f J l'!len atives Dctai!tcl account o ~. factors affc.:t1ng opcra-
con ro er o sa \age and bis represe tat iv. important occurr~r:11.:el, anc.1 climatic. Cl1;1r
. . n ives, - toporrrapu1ca
2. A "ar c.hary JS secret. I ts object is to fu n t1ons. 1 ". po-i~ians of troops at in1por-
historical record of operations and to provide <lat: 1501 a sketches s 1ovnng " c
which to base fut urc in1provcmcnt;; in :irmy tra'inu_pon tant phasi:s. .

equipment, .
organ1zat1011
and adn11n1stration. H1'1,
" Nature .an<l description of ficlcl cnginecru1g
lt ,vill be cn~c:-ed up rlailJ, each entry initialled by v. works constructed. or quarters occupied.
the officer detailed to keep ll, on ,\. F C. 21 Ill. It is v1, Cban"CS in establish1nent 0r strength. A;;
to be noted that the exlrac.ur,n nnd retention of app,:n. regards casualtit:s the names and ranks of
dices, maps, &c . frorn a "ar diary is an offence under ofliccrs and the 11u111bcr oI otbr.:r ranks or
the Official Secrets Acts. followers and of an1n1als should be noteu.
3. The cover ',\ill be.tr t!it fol lo\ving inscription:- In addition in the case of units on the L. of
C. changes in stores. transport, &c.
SECI{ET vii. l'IIetcorolog1ca) notes.
\V.\li J)I,\RY viii. SUIJunary of important information received,
O.F whether military or political.
.. ... . .... ....... .. ..... ............. S. Appe;r1~~:, ~:p~~frea;~l~!e ctf;ta?~d to the
10 . ...... .
~-- i. A copy of each field retu ry .
(\'o!un1c....... .. ) JI in
l . ble the fo o,, ,,
A.F._\V. 3009) and it
(A.F. W. 3008 and
rou~mc order or inst.rue . ea.ch operation or
SO far as they are app ic.'. 0 ,, a dian' :- Per10~ covered by th tion issued during the
., n prep,Lr1 ,.
lei be recorcleu \V1It.: t ;.,i ,\rntY, war diary. e current Volume of the
. f the Icrrt o1
of formations and _unr~s.oof embodiment.
kept from I.be fir~t tl y
 211

[~ap }..-VIII s VJII' sec . 175 . J

. , ec. 1 7 Clllll' ,c
(;q>J~ of orders, or instnicti 4.
5 Ret,trns
17 - prorno t 10n
Jugber commands if no 1ons, received the indiviJua l, 111s pay, d b
reference. onger requu: ftoiu e records of ous r eturns re n derc Y
A copy of each narrative O cd for J. rb . d d on the var1 . : b
and pension cren therefore in con1p1l1ng t en1 15
~r.;.,'l"D. up by a subordin r report on o e .
inc.:Ju<ltng any sketcheatc formatiori o3:'ho_ns units-. A.ccT~~ yuses of all returns r ender ed to ?r b y
thereto, to suppleme s or maps . un,t, cs;.e!lti~l. d ch Ion anJ the act ion ta.ken by l11m on
t:ions furnished in nt.ii the account 0 ;elati11g ufficer i/c 2n c e , . II
tWIII a.re described in AppendLX I . th
_(para. _4. iv, above) e t ext of I.he opera. 1 Each return rendered by a fonnatioo or unit 1n e
ApJ?8Dd1ces ,viii be numbe. d diary 2 wiU be numbered consecutively, dated, signed l>y
field
a brief descripti ..c headin~c ' an?- each ,vi!I an officer, and inscribed legib ly ,,itb the name of tl1e
)references to appendices ."" nam ing the have
~Jumn of A. . F. . C . 2118. ,v1ll be inado in. theauthor. unit, and the formation (if a ny) of ~b icb the u11it fonus
last
part.
6. _All d1ar1es ,vill conform t
drafting orders, reports &c
' (Ste
,o Vthe r egulations ior
o lun1c II
7. Disposal
lollows - will be mu de nionthly of ,var d" l
1anes as
Unless other,visc ordered th . .
.', ~ o r1g 1nal copy of a
l.
war diary for the
for,\ardcd on the fi fs~ecftlu1gf mlontb will _be
th d .. ' ay O t 1e succeed mg
mo11 :- n:ect to the oiftccr i/c 2nd echelon for
transmission ~o the \ Var Office, care being
taken ~hat all its append ices are attached.
ii. The duplicate cop3. clea.1lv n1arke<l as such, of a
ca ~alry _@r utlantry brigade or higher form
at1on ,v1ll be ionvarded ,vithin a period of
t\\o n1onths to the officer i/c 2nd echelon for
transmission to the Under-Secretary of State,
The War Office. The duplicate copies of ~h~ 10
ies of units ,\ill be sent
ffi ,\itbin
"/ 2ndaeche
per1 ~
o
1
months to the o cer c t boJJle for
itted to record offices a
dv.
 I

1
Notified i1i A.C.Is. for week ending 13th December, 1939

. NOT ro BE PUBLISHED
The information given in this docun,ent
is not to be communicated, either directly

or inctirectly, to the Press or tc any person

not holding an official position in His
Majesty's S e rvice.

26
G.S. Pubns.
176

FIELD SERVICE REGULATIONS

VOLUME I
ORGANIZATION AND
ADMINISTR.ATION
1930
REPRINTED WITH AMENDMENTS (Nos, 1-11) 1939

(Chap. XVIII, Sec.
174. ivar diaries
-.,..,. will be kept in duplicate fro:rn. th
-1lization or creation of the particu} e
pointment by : - at
:'aoch of the sta~ in the headquarters of a
;i;lmation, a subordinate conunand and area
or sub-area on the L. of C.
:Onit commanders. . : rroations a.re of assistance.
Commanders of detachments of a u:1t.
Officer i/c 2nd echelon, officers holding tecb1ucal
a intments (Sec. 36), and personal staff.
~~uxiliary and advanced <;lepot commanders.
Head of services and their representatives
:diary ~oller of salvage and his representatives. '
is secret. Its object i~ to furnish a
., record of operations and to rro,1de data_u~n
to base future improvem~n!s 1n _army tra1Illllg,
mmt, organization and adm1n1strat1on._ ..
;tr,iJl be entered up daily, each entry 1n1tialled by
detailed to keep it, on A.F. ~ 2118. It 1s
noted that the extraction a11d retention of appen-
paaps, &c., from a ,var diary is an offence under
Secrets Acts. . . .
.cover will bear the foHo,ving inscription .-
SECRET
'\\'AR DJARY
OF
............................To...... ............ .
)
olume ... ------=
a1
and units of the T~rr~t;~
Int day of embodilll
111 , sec. 174.J 281
1740 ci,-.P 1{V as they are applicable the follo\ving
In so b recorded w h en preparing
far a Ull:l.ry
..,,_ : -
,4. bould e tru ti t
illts s 0 rtant orders, ms c ons, repor s, messages
P" i. rm~ despatches received and issued, and
0
isions taken.
~ec location. iV[ovements during the past
ii. Pail! nty-four hours and present dispositions.
ifaercb tables in the. case of large units or of
... IJJ1 ortant matte:s relating to the duties of
Ul, iach branch of the staff. .
. Detailed account of operations. Exact hour of
iv. important occurrences, factors afiecting opera-
tions, topographical and climatic. Clear
sketches sho,:ving positions of troops at in1por-
tant phases.
v. Nature and description of field engineering
vlorks constructed, or quarters occupied.
vi. Changes in establishment or strength. A~
regards casualties the names and ranks of
officers and the number of other ranks or
follov,ers and of animals should be noted.
In addition in the case of units on the L. of
.. , C. cbang~s in stores, transport, &c.
~- hfeteorolog1cal notes.
vm. Summary of important information received,
5 A "'h~ther military or political.
..' ..
ppen?i_ces as under will be attached to tbe
original copy of each war diary : -
1. A. Copy f
J,.lfll'f
A.F \~ 3 each field return (A.F. \V 3008 and
ord~r ?09) and of each operation or routine
covere~rb ins:uction issued during the period
Y t e Current volume of the ,var diary.
 [Chap. XVIII Sec
' l 74,
of orders, or i~structions, r eceived ft--
commands 1f no longer reqUired 11tl
rejfeNmce. llr
/J. copy of each na~~ivdie_ or trepfort o: operatio1:s
drawn up by a suvor na e ormat1on or Un'
including any sketches or maps relati~t
thereto, t? supplement the accoU?t of opera~
tions furnished 1n the text of the diary (para.
4 deSC11 e
iv, above).
Appendices will be numbered, and each will Lave
4 brief descriptive beadin_g naming t!3e author.
Refmences to appendices ,vill be made 1n the last
flOlumn of A.F. C 2118.
\!Jil, sec. 175.] 283
CJIBP"
~ 175 . Returns
cords of the individual, his pay, promotion
1. !be_ rne depend on the various returns rendered by
eus10 f . iii' h .
a,11_d P ,Accuracy, there ore, 1n comp ng t em 1s essential.
0ruts. of all returns rendered to or by officer i/c
fbe us;~on and the action taken by him on them are
2nd ~cb ~ in Appendix III.
Each return rendered by a formation or unit in the
6~ \;ill be numbered consecutively, dated, signed by
:t, oDicer and inscribed legibly with the name of the

pa.rt.
and.the formation (if any) of which the unit forms
6. All diaries will conform to the regulations for
cbafting orders, r!'ports, & c . (Se~ Volume II)
7. Disposal llill be m ade monthly of war diaries ~8
:foJlows:- .. I
j Unless otherwise ordered, the ong1na copy of a
war diary for t he preceding month ,,ill be
forwarded on the first day of the succeeding
month direct to the officer i/c 2nd echelon _for
transmission to t he \Var Office, care bemg
taken that all its appendices are attached.
Ji. The duplicate copy, clearly marked as such, of 2.
cavalry or infantry bngade or h"1gh er forma
.
tion will be forwarded ,vithin a penod f~r1
two months to the officer i/c 2nd ecb~l~~ate,
transmission to the U nder-Secretary. 0 f the
The War Office. The duplicate_ c~pics 0 eriod
diaries of units will be sent ~'lth~n daefheJon
three months to the officer 1/c ~ hotlle for
tnn11mitted to record offices a