| 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: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. A.P. Trevor, R.A. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Enemy had apparently withdrawn during the night and advance continued. At 0840 hrs Capt. Spence with 2 F & F called for target SE of BAKEL on enemy tanks and half-tracks. These withdrew under smoke screen but one Panther appeared to have been hit on the engine cover and set alight. As this was in the tgt area Panther claimed as destroyed by the Regiment - the first claim of the campaign. |
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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