| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | During the day three tanks of 2 F & F Yeo were knocked out within 50 yds of Capt. Nicoll’s tank but he continued to engage targets from the vicinity without considering his own safety. Later he was attacked by infantry at close range and his Tank O.P. hit, though not seriously. This attack was beaten off by Capt. Nicoll and his crew with their M.Gs and 75 mm gun and some enemy were killed and others forced to retire. |
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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