WO 171/846 - 15-19 The King Royal Hussars - October 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: 15th/19th Hussars
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, DSO., MC.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	15		3 Brit.Div. making very little progress. 4 KSLI and 2 F.F.Yeo carried out an operation to clear the woods East of OVERLOON to rly at about 800320. This was succesfully carried out during the morning. In the afternoon the 1st Herefords supported by the Regt. succesfully carried out a limited operation to clear the enemy out of area HATTERT 7834 and area of the staion 7934. In this operation the Herefords adv from the X rds 774327 2 Coys up astride the road to the woods North and South of the road at about 787336 where these 2 Coys formed a firm base. These Coys were supported fwd by 'B' Sqn. Remaining 2 Coys followed them supported by 'C' Sqn and adv through them onto the two objectives. The operation was succesfully carried out, a few prisoners were taken and a number of enemy killed. One enemy gun believed to be an 88mm was knocked out in the area of the station. Lt. D.K.H.Eves, 1st Tp.'C' Sqn had his tk knocked out at about 795343 either by an A/Tk gun from across the rly line or by a mine. The tk caught fire and Lt. Eves and the following members of his crew received fairly serious burns:- 7920612 Tpr Adkin A., 4543337 Tpr Berry A., 14301940 Tpr Green C. These 2 Sqns and RHQ returned just as it was getting dark and raining heavily and the Regt harboured in the area 762334.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.

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