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1944-02-20
Regiment 2nd Wiltshire
Location Salvatito, Italy
Entry A few shells in the Bn HQ area during the day, otherwise quiet. During the night a fighting patrol had casualties from a prepared and trip-wired charge, including the officer - Lieut W.F. Stuart - killed and the Sgt badly wounded believed killed. The standing patrol on Pt. 37 had to leave it when attacked and mortared by an enemy fighting patrol.