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
	18		After an unexpectedly quiet night 'C' Sqn started at 0630hrs to support two Coys of the Herefords to clear the two roads running S.E. and S.W. to X rds 734218 and rd junc 719212 and the country in between them. The line of the road joining these two points was to be the start line for the F.F.Yeo and 4 KSLI moving through the Regt1 Gp and continuing the adv onto VEULEN 7622. Considerable opposition was met by 'C' Sqn in their operation, particularly on the West. 3 75mm guns were knocked out by them down this road mainly by 1st Tp very well commanded by 7899176 Sgt Fox C. the first occasion on which he had commanded a Tp. but two of their tks were hit and the following casulaties suffered. Killed - 7955938 Trp Clegg H., 7905072 Trp Marsh J. Wounded - Lt. M. Mather, 14299628 Trp Meredith H., 14307338 Tpr Griffiths D. The 2 F.F.Yeo and 4 KSLI passed through and crossed their startline at 0830hrs and adv up to area VEULEN 7721 at good speed with unexpectedly little opposition. They remained there for the rest of the day.

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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