| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 0630 hrs. adv commenced. O.Ps resported progress slow owing to mines. Approx 1100 hrs. Recce Parties moved forward to gun area 1500 yds N of ESTRY X rds. 124 Bty moved first approx 1245 hrs. Regt stepped up by Btys. Complete in new area approx 1500 hrs. Main firing was Fire Plan ‘Sleeper’ arranged by Commanding Officer for this Regt and a Med Regt to sp 1 Hereford in capture of pt 212. |
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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