| 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: 151st (A.Y.) Field Regiment, R.A. | ||
| Month and Year: July 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.C. Phillips, R.A. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Night 1/2 July was quiet. Throughout 2 July our O.P. officers with 1 Hereford and 4 KSLI engaged enemy mortars and small parties of men. Capt. J.D. Rolfe, R.A. went forward in his Sherman Tk with a patrol from 1 Hereford and engaged a suspect enemy mortar posn appox 1000 hrs. After engagement, explosions and 30 ft of flame were observed in the tgt area. A mortar amn dump appeared to have been hit. Capt. B.C.J. Dornan R.A. also went out with patrol from 4 KSLI. |
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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