| 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: August 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.C. Phillips, R.A. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Inceased ‘Moaning Minnie’ fire and shell fire. Situation obscure with enemy infantry and tanks probing around pivots held by 3 Mon and 1 Hereford. A section of enemy approached 125 Bty’s posn during the morning. The leading enemy scout waved on the rest of his section across a cornfield. As he did so a Sgt of the 58 LAA opened fire and the scout ran forward and gave himself up, while the remainder of the section withdrew. The PW was a Czech belonging to 9 SS Pz.Div and was despatched to Division for interrogation immediately. 2 i/c held orders party at last light are gave orders for not less than 1/3rd of the Regt to be on Stand To throughout the night. There had been no immediate relief for 159 Bde and there was likelihood of enemy infiltration on all sides of the Regimental position. |
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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