| 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: 15th/19th Hussars | ||
| Month and Year: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, MC. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | A fine September day. The Regt remained in the harbour area to which it had moved the previous night, throughout the day without incident. About midday 2nd and 4th troops of 'A' Sqn under command of Capt GW Luttrell were ordered to go to cover the river Escaut in the area HOBOKEN 6292. They observed a lot of enemy movement across the river on the West bank and engaged enemy guns, OP's, transport and inf with HE with considable success throughout the afternoon and evening. They remained in this area until last light when they rejoined their Sqn. During the day, 4 Armd Bde moved up into ANTWERP and joined 11 Armd Div, less 29 Armd Bde in the defence of the town. Lt-Col W Rankin, until recently second-in-command of the Regt, now commanding 3/4th CLY in 4 Armd Bde came to see us. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.
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