| 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: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, MC. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | A Very wet and cold morning. Regt remained in same posns as previous day without much incident. Similar patrols contd. In the course of one of these Lt M Roderick Comd 2nd Tp 'C' Sqn was unfortunately shot in the face and seriously wounded in the area BOOMEN 5715. He and his Tp had done particularly well throughout all the operations to date and his loss following that of Sgt Hollis his Tp Sgt, 4 days previously, was a very serious one. Throughout the day 29 Armd Bde met strong opposition in area VLIERDEN 6217 and made slow progress. They also pushed East from ASTEN to LIESSEL 6614 and then North West up the main road to DEURNE. This column met rather less opposition and made better progress than the column further to the West but by nightfall DEURNE had not yet been secured. |
Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.
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