WO 171/1304 - Hallamshire Battalion - October 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: The Hallamshire Bn. The York & Lancaster Regiment
Month and Year: October 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. T. Hart Dyke

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	29		During this period the tanks were having a most unpleasant time at the hands of the SP guns. There was little cover for them, no hull down positions and it was difficult to spot the SP guns. Two of them were knocked out but not before 3 tanks had been destroyed and 7 temporarily knocked out. The reorganisation was completed and the tanks withdrawn. The attack on ROOSENDAAL from the South then began. The casualties in tanks was partly due to both sqns remaining on the objectives whereas at the conference only one troop per sqn was required to do so.

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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