| 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: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. A.P. Trevor, R.A. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regt ready to move 0700 hrs for advance to high ground N.W. of ARRAS. Moved up to bridge over R. S0MME in AMIENS and halted for approximately three hours. 124 Bty leading moved behind 1 Hereford. Remainder of Regt behind 4 KSLI. After midday advance continued rapidly. Approximately 5 miles north of AMIENS Tank O.P. (Capt. C.K.O. Spence) ordered to proceed to wood near centre line where enemy threatening Air O.P. which had landed there. 88 enemy surrendered without showing fight. Adv continued without futher incident, and regt arrived area 3104 NW of ARRAS approximately 1800 hrs. Ordered to remain in harbour for the night. Adv to be continued to area LENS 2 Sep. Maps as far as ANTWERP received 2200 hrs. Lieuts. H.G. Crawford, R.A., J. Opie, R.A., and R.A. Vere, R.A. joined regt ex 31 RHU. Capt. K. Wood was evacuated on Aug. 30 having damaged a finger in tank turret. |
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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