| 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: 5 Royal Tank Regiment | ||
| Month and Year: August 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt. Col. C.A. Holliman |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIEURY | 28 | "C" Sqn made LA MESILIERE firm and "B" Sqn passed through and cut the main road ROUTOT – BOUG ACHARD without opposition at 945089 2 tps being sent to VIQUESNIL 9431110. | ||
| 28 | 1000 | There was no sign of the enemy and the Regt was ordered to concentrate and move to area LIEURY 7495 via ST GEORGES DU VIEVRE. | ||
| 28 | Offrs Postings: 2/Its Bayly, Darbyshire, & Lambert posted to this unit. | |||
| SEMERVILLE | 29 | Regt moved to SEMERVILLE area 0678 where the 22 Armd Bde concentrated. | ||
| 29 | 1800 | Bde conference called and the new objective made known - GHENT - over 200 miles away. | ||
| 30 | No event. | |||
| 31 | 0430 | Advance begins under "peace march" conditions. The route to the R SEINE being via LE NEUBOURG – LOUVIERS and the R crossed at ST PIERRE DU VAUVRA. The route then ran: HOUVILLE LA FORET – LE TRONQUAY 4810 – LA FEUILLE 4914 – X rds 5920 and the Regt leaguered at 5933 a mile S of GALLE FONTAINE. | ||
| 31 | Offrs Postings:- 2/Lts Chacksfield & MacIntyre, Lts Swain and Rhodes posted to this unit. | |||
| 31 | Ref Maps FRANCE GSGS 4250 | |||
| 31 | 150000 | |||
| 31 | 6F2, 6F4, 7F, 1, 2, 4, 6, | |||
| 31 | 8F1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. | |||
| 31 | 8E6, 9F1, 5, 3. |
Source: Joris Nieuwint, The Battlefield Explorer, 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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