WO 171/854 - Inns of Court Regiment - July 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: Inns of Court Regt, RAC
Month and Year: July 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.A.G. Bingley

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	18		Rgt: Strong enemy defences were at met N. of CAEN – VIMONT Rly and original recconnaissance had to be modified. Comd 29 Armd Bde reported at 1515 hrs that situation had deteriorated. Continual contacts were made during remainder of day with tanks and arty in areas CAGNY 1164 – FRENOUVILLE 1162 – FOUR 0962 – BOURGUEBUS 0861 – HUBERT FOLIE 0662 – BRAS 0663. B Sqn, which crossed the gap last, were in area LE MESNIL FREMENTEL 1065, and A, C & D Sqns tried all day to find a way through the defences but were not able to do so, except for two D Sqn patrols. Lieut Russell at 1530 hrs reached ST AIGNAN de CRAMESNIL 0956 and returned via BOURGUEBUS and GRENTHEVILLE 0861, having met no serious opposition: he found BOURGUEBUS/LA HOGUE 0960 and SECQUEVILLE la CAMPAGNE 1059 only lightly held by infantry (who seemed very surprised to see him). Lieut Taylor reached CAUMESNIL 0855 at 1700 hrs at great speed and returned along CAEN – FALAISE Rd reporting no serious opposition to his progress.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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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