WO 171/969 - 7 Field Regiment - November 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: 7 FD Regt RA
Month and Year: November 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. N.P.H. Tapp

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	5		Today 9 Brigade took over the control of 3 Recce Regt the layout is now as follows:- Right, in area West of SMAKT - 2 RUR. Centre, VIERLINGSBEEK - B Squadron 3 Recce Regt. Left, VORTUM - C Squadron 3 Recce Regt. OPs are now disposed, BC 9 Bty and FOO with 2 RUR. BC 17 Bty with Recce Regt and OP at VIERLINGSBEEK and FOO of 9 Bty in OP at VORTUM. 16 Bty, less one troop, returned to Regimental area from co-operating with Household Cavalry and Royals. One troop remained to carry out any task requested. During the afternoon, a troop of 9 Bty took part in a fire plan which was directed at AFFERDEN. Troop of LAA, platoon mortars and MGs joined in. The troop had a few rounds fired at it as it came out of action - this surprisingly increased the speed of limbering up more than somewhat. Troop of 9 Bty went into HF position South of LACTERIA firing 160 rounds per gun during the night. There was some ineffective enemy counter battery fire. In the evening C Troop of 17 Bty relieved the troop of 16 Bty which had remained with HCR.

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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