| 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: September 1944 | (Erase heading not required). | Commanding Officer: Lt.Col. A.P. Trevor, R.A. |
| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Regt moved out 0730 hrs. on Right route. Route through LENS and industrial area lined with cheering populace. Coln halted far several hours NE of LENS owing to enemy who had attacked “soft” vehicles of Armd Bde echelon. Capt. Burton deployed with coy of 4 KSLI and went on sweep through the woods. Adv continued about midday and Belgian frontier crossed approx 1400 hrs. Half way between TOURNAI and MINQUE coln halted for 30 mins. Trucks filled up and recce parties moved up. 159 Bde moved on to harbour area near TUTTENBERG approx 10 miles W of BRUSSELS. Guns came into action approx 0100 hrs. covering approaches from BRUSSELS. Regt covered 87 miles to-day. |
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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