| 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: 2nd Fife & Forfar Yeo., R.A.C. | ||
| Month and Year: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. A.B.J. Scott, M.C. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | At 0800 hrs the Comdg Offr went to a Conference where it was shown the situation in the ARDENNES necessited the Bde moving up to prevent the enemy crossing the RIVER MEUSE. Adv party of 2i/c and 2.i/c sqns moved off to LAEKEN to find accommodation for the night and to find out the situation about taking over tks. All available tk crew left YPRES at 1430 hrs, together with 'A' and A.1. echs, arriving LAEKEN at about midnight.Those Sherman tks and the Recce Tp moved off immediately after the wheeled coln had left. Tks had to be taken over from the A.D.R.2 i/c were able to mark the tks to be taken over by their sqns. It was not possible to have all tks for the same sqn together, owing to the different states of readiness of the tks and to some of them being very high mileage. |
Source: 11th Armoured Division.
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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