| 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: August 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.C. Phillips, R.A. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Continuous rain but night not very dark. At first light regt one mile South of CONTILLY. 2IC and Svy Offr ordered to Commanding Officer at 159 Bde HQ at 0615. Street fighting still in progress in CONTILLY. 2IC proceeded to area VERS SUR SEILE SW of AMIENS. 123 Bty ordered into action on side of rd at 0815 to engage as amn dump and small arms fire met by 4 KSLI South of AMIENS. 124 and 125 Recce parties ordered fwd to new area. Northern route from CONTILLY was taken in error and recce parties ran into enemy just out of the town. Machine gun fire exchanged by both sides in the course of which three officers were wounded - Sgt. McInally killed and two O.Rs wounded. Of the offrs Lt. P.J. Dixon was evacuated with serious wounds in chest and Lt. W.G. Lucas with slight wound in arm. Lt. R.E. Hampton slightly wounded in hand rejoined bty immediately after wounds dressed. Recce continued and regt in action area VERS SUR SELLE at 1200 hrs. |
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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