War Diary: 65th Norfolk Yeomanry Regiment - 258 Battery

Month and year: October 1944

The 258th Anti Tank Battery (65th Norfolk Yeomanry Anti Tank Regiment) October 1944 war diary covers the units time in Holland in the area of Doornhoek and Loosbroek

National Archive Reference: WO 171/921

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Place	Date	Summary of Events and Information
4851	1	Bty (less DTP) comes under 22 Armd Bde and
		moves to Area HAESCH. (4851)
		E Tp in sp 11 H in OSS (4754)
		F Tp in sp 1 RB in HAESCH.
		Recces made for the Def of their villages
		D Tp remains in comd 1/7 Queens.
	2	Recces of area continue.
	3	1 Gun of D Tp shoot up enemy patrol with
		their Small arms & caused casualties.
	5	CRA visits Bty and explains his ideas
		on the handling of M10's. Throughout next
		period, up to 18 Oct 44 bty carried
		out numerous exercises to practice the
		quick deployment of guns moving up under???
		current??? positions.

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Place	Date	Hour	Summary of Events and Information	References to Appendices
			other tng during this period
			1. Short wireless course for new Sigs.
			2. Short mines course

	10		E Tp relieves D Tp with 1/7 Queens. F Tp
			moves up to OSS

	11		D Tp carried out shoot on DOORNHOEK
			Church (3945). Numerous hits were scored
			but owning to thickness of walls had
			very little effect.

	18		Bty moves??? at short notice to LOOSEBROOK
			4645 & reverts to Regtl Comd. F Tp remains
			in last??? posn - D Tp Guns to HEESWYCK 4242

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Date	Summary of Events and Information	References to Appendices
	E Tp in res??? area Bty HQ.
21	Preparations made & O Gp held for
	Div Attack towards S'HERTOGENBOSCH.
22	Attack starts. 258 Bty in comd 1/6 Queens
	for the operation has E Tp in comd 1/5
	Queens. Attack goes slowly to stant with
	But by last light all tps on 1st Objective
	Bty HQ night at RUKVERN??? 4444
23	Attack continues and by end of day
	all objective were captured len??? a
	few enemy pockets. Bty HQ night in	GOT TO HERE?
	wood at 4243.
24	Conc in afternoon area farms 4045
25	Move to Regtl Conc area LOOSEBROOK 4645
26	Regt moves to conc area near BOXTEL 3433

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Place	Date	Hour	Summary of Events and Information	References to Appendices
	29		Require to new comc area. 258 Bty
			centred on ENSHOT 2034. All t/ps under
			corn - local civs friendly.
	30/31		no change

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War Diary: 65th Norfolk Yeomanry Regiment - 258 Battery

Month and year: October 1944

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