WO 171/920 - 63 Anti-Tank 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: 63 (Oxf Yeo) Anti-Tank Regiment, R.A.
Month and Year: November 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. J. Thomson, TD, RA

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	30		One RASC platoon was due to arrive at 1000 hours to lift personnel. This did not in fact arrive till after 1200 hours and then there were only 22 vehicles instead of 30. At one time it looked as if the move was going to be chaos due to the late arrival of the RASC coupled with the fact that the roads were jammed with convoys. Things straightened oout however and the move actually went without incident and we crossed the Start Point exactly on time. It had also been feared that 249, 250 and 251 Batteries would get shelled as their Convoys moved out of their locations which were under observation from the enemy. This, however, did not happen although they received some mortar fire during the morning. The actual layout on completion of the move was as set out above. The accomodation was in no case very good but all men were got under cover.

Source: Guido Siebers, transcribing: Jeroen Koppes.

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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