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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: 151st (A.Y.) Field Regiment, R.A.
Month and Year: July 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.C. Phillips, R.A.
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
30   Zero Hour 0655 hrs for Op. Bluecoat. Regt fired one conc in first phase. 0740 hrs. Capt. Walton reported 1 Hereford on first objective. Until 1200 hrs little progress was made and regt engaged several enemy mortars on call. At about 1000 hrs Lieut. J.W. Creswell, R.A. 125 Bty was wounded by a stray M.G. bullet and evacuated.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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