| 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: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. A.P. Trevor, R.A. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | H hr for attack 0715 hrs. Regt fired four concs commencing 0715 hrs. Capt. Canvin and Capt. Ashpole moved with leading coys 4 KSLI on eith side of the rly. 0830 hrs Major Walton reported one coy held up by AP mines but other coy continued to advance and regt was stopped firing on barrage along wood by the rly 1000× W of AMERIKA after having fired only two lines. Only one German and mines met by 4 KSLI. In the meanwhile Capt. Lucas and Lt. Smart with leading coys 1 Hereford reported they had advanced to attack posn 1000× S of AMERIKA without opposition. 1020 hrs Major Kreiser arranged fire plan "Chewing Gum" to be on call with 151 A.Y., 13 RHA and 79 Med (Scottish Horse) while 1 Hereford advanced into AMERIKA. Fire plan not required and Major Kreiser reported 1 Hereford through AMERIKA to the N at 1330 hrs. 1 Herefords continued advance to wood 7819 and regt on DF in sp of them and 4 KSLI who had occupied AMERIKA. |
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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