| 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: 15th/19th Hussars | ||
| Month and Year: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, DSO., MC. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | In the early afternoon 'A' Sqn moved to area […] in support of 1st Herefords and remained there till last light when they moved back and harboured in area […]. Remainder of Regt harboured in […] locations as previous night. In the evening C.O. received orders to operate the following day and try to seize area of the X rds ST HELENA HOEVE […]. This operation was to be carried out by 2 Sqns and 'A' Sqn to remain with 1st Herefords. If this objective was successfully secured. 'A' was to move up quickly with 2 Coys 1st Herefords to hold it and the Regt then to operate Southwards towards AMERIKA […] and try to discover the enemy situation on the road running down to AMERIKA. It was not […] that these posns should be held, when the enemy situation was […], the whole force was to withdraw back to present locations. C.O. […] orders for Regt to move out at 0630hrs the following morning in order 'C' Sqn, RHQ, 'A' Sqn, 'C' Sqn and RHQ to adv along the axis of the road running south to […] and then […] to the objective. 'A' Sqn to turn North East at X rds […] and then turn […] at X rds […]. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.
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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