| 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: 2nd Fife & Forfar Yeo., R.A.C. | ||
| Month and Year: April 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. A.B.J. Scott, M.C. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERSHOT | 1 – 5 | The move of the Regt was completed with the arrival of the tks. 8 Unit censorship started. | ||
| 7 – 9 | Parties of crew comds visited School of Tank Technology Demonstration of German tanks, guns & other eqpt. | |||
| 10 | Holiday for whole Div. | |||
| 8 – 13 | WARCOP AFV Range: a large number of offrs & 1st & 2nd gunners went to the range for instruction and firing practice with Firefly. | |||
| 12 | Change of address to Army Post Office, England. | |||
| 12 – 13 | B Vehs wading trails carried out at […] by day & night – 43 drivers taking vehs […]. | |||
| 14 | T.E. REME gave a demo at […] site. | |||
| 24 | […] The regt was under comd of Para Bde for operations on second day and supported a para bn in a counter attack. | Appendix “A” | ||
| 23 – 30 | General trng was continued by sqns, […] use of small […] tank trng areas for tp tactics (especially the use of Firefly). B veh wading was practesed at HAWLEY MANOR LAKE. The Regt has now […] its […] and White half track scout cars. Weather exceptionally fine: all ranks getting plenty of […] indoor & outdoor. During the month Lt W.W. Brishof returned from attachment to R.A.O.C. 2/Lt T.E. Hobday joined 'E' Sqn. Capt. […] Bruce left FDS to take an appointment as Town Major. AF's W3008/9 attd. | Apps B C D |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com.
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