WO 171/837 - 2 Household Cavalry - September 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: 2nd Household Cavalry Regt.
Month and Year: September 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H. Abel Smith

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	19		RHQ harboured some 2 miles SOUTH of NIJMEGEN. Meanwhile back down the C.L. A and D Sqns were having a difficult time with their charges. In the first place a column of some 400 vehicles is the most unweildly thing for an Armd C colm to control and secondly it is almost impossible to preserve it from attack. The column was in fact attacked at the rear of D Sqn by 1 Tiger tk and some S.P. guns but no casualties were inflicted by this attack. A Sqn on the other lost some 18 R.A.S.C. vehicles in an air attack on EINDHOVEN while the colm was passing through. It was necessary for both Sqns to harbour en route and bring on their charge the next morning.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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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