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
	23		C Sqn less 2 tps with Polish para Bde withdrew south of NIJMEGEN in the morning. Capt. Wrottesley and Mr. Young's tp came back at first light ferrying G.1. 1 Brit Airborne Div and C.R.E. to Airborne Corps HQ. G.1 had quite an exciting experience when the Daimler Armd Car in which he was travelling became involved in a fire fight with an enemy half-track and he as loader fired off 8 rounds. Eventually his car became bogged and he had to bale out to be ferried on later by a scout car. A Sqn operated in Sp 32 Gds Bde Gp to S. and S.E. of Corps Axis and had quite a good haul of prisoners in OPLOO and St. ANTHONIS. D and B in reserve RHQ stationary.

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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