| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Day was quiet. Approx 1800 hrs orders received that regt would support attack of 3 Br Div (9 Inf Bde) across L’ESCAUT CANAL near LILLE ST HUBERT during night 18/19 Sep H hour 2359 – regt fires three concs – amn expenditure 50 rpg. A number of enemy aircraft attempted to bomb the br over the canal at last light and a considerable number of anti personnel bombs were also dropped to West of the gun area. No cas sustained though a near miss experienced by RHQ offrs latrine. |
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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