| 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: 6th Bn The Green Howards | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. C.F. Hutchinson, DSO |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0300 | OC B Coy arrived at Bn HQ. B Coy in contact with the enemy in area 7468 -- with artillery support, the enemy overran one Coy of 7 Green Howards and attacked B Coy from the North - two enemy tanks penetrated to within 60 yds of Coy HQ. Pte Adams engaged one (a Panther Mk V) with a PIAT scoring a direct hit, and saw the crew bale out and take cover. The following enemy tank was also hit three times by Pte. Adams but it opened fire with its machine gun and withdrew; enemy tanks could still be seen within 100 yds of B Coy's fwd posns at 0330 hrs. (Enemy armour breakthrough expected in BEMMEL sector – 5 HLI (52 Div came under comd 69 Inf Bde for defence of BEMMEL). |
Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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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