| 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: November 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, DSO., MC. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Cold dull day. 'A' Sqn moved out to the heath country to the South to do a little trg and a Sqn shoot on the area AMERICA. The 'A' Sqn Scout Car went further down the road than was intended and hit a mine on the track at about 716190. Lt. J.F. Finnimore who had recently be posted to the Regt was slightly wounded and 14436648 Tpr Cottam H., the driver, seriously wounded. The Scout car was succesfully recovered during the afternoon. Tpr Cottam died of his wounds in hospital the following day. |
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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