| 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | A quiet morning followed a quiet night. In the morning Lt. T.D. Seigne Comd. 2nd Tp 'B' Sqn was severely wounded owing to the Browning gun of the Challenger tank in his Tp being accidentally fired. This was particularly unfortunate as Lt. Seigne had been commanding his Tp since the Regt landed overseas and had consistently done extremely well. In the afternoon the plan was changed and it was decided to withdraw 159 Bde Gp from its posns in the OVERLOON area and move it round to the area of DEURNE 6520. 11 Armd Div was now to adv on the same objectives from the West instead of from the North with 159 Bde now on the right moving from rd junc 658210 up to rd junc 720237 to VEULEN 7622 to AMERICA 7716 and 29 Armd Bde on the left moving via SCHOOR 7923 onto HORST 8318. Regt moved through ST ANTHONIS and OPLOO 7136 and harboured at 660212. A very wet afternoon and evening. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.
Disclaimer: This War Diary is based on its original, but typos might be corrected. Locations are calculated, so might not be in the correct place. For historical research, always check the originals.
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