| 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: 15th/19th Hussars | ||
| Month and Year: August 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, MC. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | A wet morning and very heavy storms throughout the morning and afternoon which made fighting in tks extremely difficult and uncomfortable. Orders received early in morning to act as left flank guard to Div advancing Northwards in the direction of ETREPAGNY 5596 - GOURNAY-EN-BRAY 6515 and onto the SOMME at AMIENS. Sqns moved off about 0930hrs to posns as follows:- 'C' Sqn to area NEZE 4584, ‘B’ Sqn to area Pt. 134 4686, 'A’ Sqn to area FORET-LA-FOLIE 4888. Immediately after Sqns moved off the C.O., Adjutant and S.O. on their way to Div in a Humber Scout Car went up on a mine on the track at approx 489763. The vehicle overturned and immediately caught fire but very luckily no one was injured except the Adjt who dislocated his shoulder and was evacuated to hospital. |
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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