WO 171/680 - 154 Infantry Brigade - October 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: H.Q. 154 Infantry Brigade
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Brig. J.A. Oliver, D.S.O., M.B.E.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	30		7 A. & S.H. began their advance one Coy being in Kangaroos at 1400 hours and by 1450 hours the tanks with 7 A. & S.H. reported that they had reached Whippet. At 1535 hours it was reported that two tanks were brewed up by bazookas 200 yards short of the road junction 048471. Here there was much more opposition than was expected. Heavy mortaring and shelling was encountered in addition to bazookas and S.A. fire. One or two artillery Victor targets were fired in order to soften up the opposition and at 1900 hours the opposition was still very stiff. As by this time it was dark the Bde Comd ordered the 7 A. & S.H. to remain in the area of Whippet (cross roads 064487) until first light. During the night 30/31 Oct a certain amount of shelling by two 150 mm guns came down on the forward Coy area, but only one casualty was 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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