| 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: 23rd Hussars | ||
| Month and Year: June 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.P. HARDING, DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldershot | 1-8 | Preparations to move | ||
| 4 | 1 15-owt Truck received for LAD. 1 15-cwt Truck sent away. | |||
| 5 | Regt. small arms competition at ASH Ranges. | |||
| 7 | 5 Stuarts III received. 1 Stuart V, 9 Shermans V and 4 Humber Sc Cars sent away. | |||
| 8 | Major A.D.WIGAN and 55 ORs dep with light wehs. 4 Shermans V sent away. | |||
| 9 | Advance party leaves under comd Major V.A. DUNKERLY. 1 15-cwt Truck received.1 4-str Humber car and 1 15-cwt Bedford Truck sent away. | |||
| 11 | Main body leave Aldershot for Marshalling Area. Light party embarked TILBURY. | |||
| 13 | Ligh party disembarked M beack COURUELLES-sur-Mer. | |||
| 14-15 | Main party embarked GOSPORT. | |||
| 15-16 | Main party disembarked M beach | |||
| France | 16-25 | Regt concentrated COULOMBS | ||
| 26 | F' Ech advanced behind 15(S) Div. Fist contact with enemy by 'C' Sqn at 1900 hrs. Lt.Da CUNHA wounded by shrapnel at ST.MAUVIEU. 1 OR wounded. | |||
| 27 | 0700 | A' Sqn engaged 88mm guns South of CHEUX 'B'&'C' Sqns advance in support of 15(S) Div towards MONDRAINVILLE. | ||
| 27 | 1200 | B&C Sqns up to line of main rd CAEN - VILLERS. Held up by ants. | ||
| 27 | 1900 | C Sqn followed by B and half HQ make bridgehead over R. ODON at TOURMAUVILLE and harboured there. Remainder of HQ and A Sqn held up at MONDRAINVILLE. Lts.KERTON & WEINER missing believed killed. Capt.TAYLOR and Lts. RUSSELL, BYARD, RILEY wounded. 16 ORs killed. 20 wounded. 12 missing. | ||
| 28 | 0530 | Advanced towards Pt 112, 'B' Sqn leading. | ||
| 28 | 1200 | B and C established North half of Pt 112. HQ with 'A' Sqn in reserve move up. 8 Shermans from FDS come up and put under comd 'B' Sqn. | ||
| 28 | 1530 | Relieved on posn by 3 RTR owing to shortage of amn. Withdrew to orchard South aide of TOURMAUVILLE. Capt R.G.CLARK and Lt.P.G.HELYARD killed. 2 ORs killed.5 ORs wounded. 6 0Rs missing. Lt.D.F.KING suffering from exhaustion. 2 3-ton lorries received. | ||
| 29 | 1330 | From orchard move foward to posn South of Calvary TOURMAUVILLE, Enemy conter-attack developed 1500 hrs from West (area of ESQUAY). Beaten of by 1900 hrs.3 ORs missing. 3 ORs wounded. | ||
| 30 | 0330 | Withdrew to CULLY. 3 ORs killed. 3 ORs wounded. | ||
| 26-30 | Destroyed by enemy action:- 3 3-tonners, 1 Jeep, 1 M/C, 2 Crusaders A/A, 3 Stuarts V, 12 Sherman V, 1 Vc Enemy tks destroyed: 7 Tigers + 1 K.O., 2 Panthers + 1 K.O., 4 Mk.IVs. (minimum figures). | |||
| 30 | Lt.Col.Commanding 23rd Hussars. |
Source: 11th Armoured Division.
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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