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WAR DIARY
or
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Army Form C.2118
Unit: 15th/19th Hussars
Month and Year: December 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, DSO., MC.
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
17   A wet day. Regt moved at rear of 159 Inf Bde Gp in order of march 'A' 'HQ' 'C' 'B'. Bde start point - X roads 832202, head of Regt to pass S.P. at 1045hrs, route VENRAY - DEURNE - HELMOND - Canal rd to NEDERWEERT 6100 - KELPEN. Move went very well without incident. In new area Sqns located as follows:- RHQ at station 662952, 'A' Sqn in hamlet 672959, 'C' Sqn 698945, 'B' Sqn at OLER 668923. Owing to nature of the ground and the availability of accommodation, Regt was positioned right on the northern edge of the Div area and in fact was largely North of the rly in the area of the Div on our left - 15(S)Div.

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

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