13 Dec 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Wed, 13 Dec 1944
Colder, overcast.
Clay & brick collecting.
Canteen buyer No.136.
Chopped wood for Steve & chopped my finger too.
Lorry with wood 5.15pm.
More advances made by US troops thro’ Siegfried Line, 20mls from Cologne. Frazer app’t’d C in C. P.F. ((Bruce Fraser took command of the British Pacific Fleet in December 1944: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Fraser,_1st_Baron_Fraser_of_North_Cape))
Water on.