| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 0330 | Fire Plan Drake fired to sp raiding party by 4 KSLI. 123 Bty Ops relieved from sp 4 KSLI by 13 RHA and joined E Yorks who had moved to area of rly between DEURNE and GRIENDSTSVEEN. Capt. Canvin with E Yorks had some observation on enemy who were attacking LIESEL and LOON. Rest period terminated as 11 Armd Div again in fully op role and all personnel and vehs less A Ech. moved from HELMOND up to gun area. Enemy aircraft attacked HELMOND approx 2100 hrs and in attempting to bomb canal bridge hit A Ech. area causing casualties - one man killed and one wounded and two vehicles destroyed. Regt in sp by DF of E Yorks and 6 KOSB (15 (S) Div) as well as 159 Bde. Calibration by camera carried out in gun area during the day. New posns recced 2000 yds E of DEURNE to be occupied if 15 (S) Div required further sp for attack on LIESEL. This not required. |
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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