WO 171/846 - 15-19 The King Royal Hussars - 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: 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
	9		A fine September day. Orders received early in the morning that remainder of Div was to move in a South Easterly direction and join up with 29 Armd Bde and provide right flank protection to the remainder of 30 Corps, consisting of Guards Armd Div and 50 (Northumbrian) Div which were advancing Northwards over the ALBERT CANAL with the Guards on the right, 50 Div on the left.The Regt moved out of harbour at 0900hrs in order of march 'C' RHQ, Recce, 'B', 'A', 'A1' and 'A' Echelon and moved at head of remainder of Div by the following route: - CONTICH 6986 - MALINES 7274 - LOUVAIN 8758 - Rd junc 077650 - X rds 065614 - HAELEN 1564 - HERCK-LA-VILLE 1963 - LUMMEN 2168 and went into harbour in close contact with the remainder of Div about 224700 at about 1500hrs. This move was accomplished without incident. At about 1730hrs 'C' Sqn were sent out to take up positions covering the ALBERT CANAL from the crossing at 2766, which was blown, to the crossing at BERINGEN 2375 where the REs had built a class 40 Bailey Bridge. That evening the Div was once more organized for immediate future operations into 2 Bde Gps as follows:- 29 Armd Bde Gp - 23H, 2FF Yeo, 8 RB, 1st Herefords. 159 Inf Bde Gp - 15/19H, 3rd RTR, 3rd Mons and 4th KSLI.

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

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