WO 171/854 - Inns of Court Regiment - July 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: Inns of Court Regt, RAC
Month and Year: July 1944	(Erase heading not required).	Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. R.A.G. Bingley

Place	Date	Hour	Summary	Reference
	8		Rgt: Some shelling during the night, but no casualties. The attack opened at 0420 hrs with tremendous Arty crash. Sqns prepared to move forward to crest with the A/Cars each to give covering fire to 9 Cdn Bde advance on CRUCHY, Chau de St LOUET and FRANQUEVILLE and to simulate the development of an armoured threat. Shelling, mortaring and snipers in the corn were encountered, all day, but Sqns had a successful shoot. In the evening, responsibility for the Regtl sector was removed, and a Recce was ordered South from the main BAYEUX – CAEN Rd beyond CARPIQUET to look for a reported concentration of enemy south of the aerodrome.

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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