| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Another sweep carried out by 4 KSLI and 2 FF Yeo to the river near SAMBEEK – Capt. Canvin and Capt. Spence accompanying. 1600 hrs. Capt. Canvin arranged small fire plan with Inns of Court to sp them in recce of river crossing 7839. Enemy infantry successfully shot up. At 1715 fire plan shot in sp 1 Hereford who were carrying out sweep of northern tip of "boot" wood. Harassing fire tasks shot during the night. 125 Bty gun position was shelled with about 20 shells during the day incl a near miss of 1 ft on C Tp C.P. No casualties, except to tgt records, sustained. |
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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