| 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: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. A.P. Trevor, R.A. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | MEIJEL FORCE was relieved and Capt. Canvin with “B” Tp returned to Regt. At MEIJEL close leager had been formed during the night with Coy 8 R.B. in that town itself. Enemy patrolled the area every night but all patrols were driven off. As “B” Tp left MEIJEL on morning 9 Oct. the rear vehicle RASC amn lorry, was shot up by enemy small arms fire. 4 KSLI and 2 FF Yeo carried out sweep in area BOXMEER – VORTUM in the morning - Lt. Hampton and Capt. Spence accompanying as FOOs. Capt. Spence fired short intense fire plan on river crossing near SAMBEEK in sq 7839 and on house on east bank of river which was suspected enemy HQ. 125 Bty fired airburst very effectively during the fire plan. In the afternoon Fire Plan Boot was fired in sp of 1 Hereford who carried out raid on boot shaped wood in sq 7632. N of OVERLOON 20 PW taken. |
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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