| 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: December 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, DSO., MC. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Weather still rather dull and foggy and light not very good for shooting. Shooting was delayed by damage to the bridge over the canal at 308977 which necessitated the tks doing a long detour to get to the ranges, which were located at approx 290982 firing in a Notherly direction. These ranges consist of canvas targets at ranges varying from 800 to 1400 yds with an additional number of small targets for engagement with Besa. Shooting eventually began about 1230hrs and contd till 1515hrs when the fog came down again and blotted out the targets. During this time one Tp from each Sqn was well excercised in firing 75mm and 17 Pdr. The shooting on the whole was quite good. The Tps which had fired returned to their normal locations after firing and one more Tp from each Sqn came over during the afternoon to fire the following day. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.
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