| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | A fine Sept day, cold morning. Regt remained in posn covering rd junc 3977 with 'B' Sqn facing East, 'C' Sqn facing South and 'A' Sqn in reserve to North West of X rd. Regt carried on with maintenance, a number of men had baths at a local coal mine. In the evening orders were received that the Regt was unlikely to get the 4 days rest for maintenance which the rest of the Div was having, but was to move the following morning under comd Guards Armd Div to help hold the bridgehead over the Meuse-Escaut Canal North of the bridge at 355962 supporting the 32 Gds Inf Bde, while the Armd Bde of the Guards Armd Div withdrew South of the canal for rest and maintenance against a further move forward in a few days time. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.
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