WO 171/837 - 2 Household Cavalry - September 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: 2nd Household Cavalry Regt.
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H. Abel Smith

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	7		2 WG preceded B Sqn over the BEERINGEN Br but came up against a good deal of opposition from snipers and one or two SP guns in the village. This held things up a good deal and though Tac HQ 2 HCR and HQ 32 Gds Bde went forward to cross the Br progress could not be made and they went back to their night position some three miles WEST of the Bridge. Eventually 2 WG pushed through BEERINGEN and thence EAST and later NORTH to HECHTEREN and HECHTEL. B Sqn followed them but were unable to carry out much recconnaissance as they were sandwiched in behind the tanks. B Sqn Sp Tp had two White Scout Cars knocked out by an 88 mm SP gun which remained hidden when the tanks passed through. Lieut Corah lost his arm (left) and Tpr Higham was killed. CoH Wileman was unluckily killed by shell fire which landed in his Sqn area near the bridge.

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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