| 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: October 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. A.P. Trevor, R.A. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 0900 hrs. regt in action new area. 4 KSLI and 2 FF Yeo passed through 1 Hereford with the object of taking VEULEN. Recce parties proceeded to new area 1000 yds N of IJSSELSTEIJN at midday. Adv to VEULEN successful but strong opposition met E and SE of the village, especially in the woods and factory area. Approx 1400 hrs. Capt. Canvin with leading sqn 2 FF Yeo had his tank hit by Panther or Jagdpanther from woods 774215. As hit was low one a damaged track and broken bogey was the only damage sustained. At 1500 hrs Capt. Canvin observed the fire of 146 Med Regt on to the enemy tanks by going out on foot. Lieut. Ashpole remained in observation of the factory area from the E of VEULEN. Regt moved to new area approx 1600 hrs. and laid on DF in sp 4 KSLI at VEULEN and 1 Hereford in area 1000 yds SE of IJSSELSTEIJN. |
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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