| 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: 83 Field Regiment | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. R.E.H. Hudson |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Enemy shelling continued from early morning and at 0830 hrs just prior to an attack launched by the enemy on 158 Bde front, 2 shells exploded in the Comd Post and cookhouse of 330 Bty causing the following casualties: Killed - Lt JGE Holmes (88218), Lt ED Hanley (293889), Pte Knowles, Gnrs Dobie, Lippitt, Moore, and Lockwood. Wounded – Capt MB Davies (78818), L/Bdr Harpham. Gnrs Bennett, Lee H, Grindrod, Whitelam, Fore, Wills, Green, Wright, Brown R and Pte Eyles. |
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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