WO 171/846 - 15-19 The King Royal Hussars - February 1944

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
	WAR DIARY or INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY	Unit: 15th/19th Hussars
Month and Year: February 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt Col A.D. Taylor, MC.

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	21		Reveille at 0500 hrs. A hot drink was served up by the cooks. At 0600 hrs the tks moved out of the wood at SCAMPSTON. Very soon afterwards their place was taken by dummy tks. It had been impossible to conceal from the enemy aircraft the fact that we had been in SCAMPSTON wood. It is possible, however, that they did not discover that we had moved out till a day later. The Regiment harboured in a valley which was sufficiently wooded to conceal tks at 404912, except for 'C' Sqn and Recce Sqn who were in area THIRKLEBY WARREN Ho 3989. At 1030 hrs approx the C.O. and Adjutant went to Bde HQ. From this time onwards until 1400 hrs many fabulous reports of enemy were received over the wireless. As far as can be discovered, the only real enemy in the area were the Household Cavalry Regiment Armoured Cars, which were not supposed to be there according to the umpires. At any rate the enemy tks were reported to be moving on our front from HELPERTHORPE 4289 to DUGGLEBY 3586. The Bde Comdr ordered the Regiment to 'Tiger', namely to take up defensive posns in the area of THIRKLEBY WARREN Ho 3989, BROOM Ho 4090 and URCHIN HILL 4089. Almost immediatly afterwards the order to 'Panther' was given and the Regiment moved Southwards through the 7 Inf Bde minefield at WEST LUTTON 4088 and up into posns around WOLD BARN 4087. The Recce Sqn reported enemy South of WOLD BARN on the way but these proved to be our tps. The Regiment got into posn at WOLD BARN, without encountering or probably even being seen by enemy. Nothing happened for the rest of the day and the Regiment withdrew in the evening to Laager at 395878.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Mia Litjens.

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