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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: July 1944 (Erase heading not required). Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. H.C. Phillips, R.A.
Place Date Hour Summary Reference
2   Night 1/2 July was quiet. Throughout 2 July our O.P. officers with 1 Hereford and 4 KSLI engaged enemy mortars and small parties of men. Capt. J.D. Rolfe, R.A. went forward in his Sherman Tk with a patrol from 1 Hereford and engaged a suspect enemy mortar posn appox 1000 hrs. After engagement, explosions and 30 ft of flame were observed in the tgt area. A mortar amn dump appeared to have been hit. Capt. B.C.J. Dornan R.A. also went out with patrol from 4 KSLI.

Source: Jeroen Koppes, TracesOfWar.com, transcribing: Hans Houterman.

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