War Diary: 99th HAA Regiment

Month and year: October 1944

The 99th Heavy Anti-Aircraft (London Welsh) Regiment October 1944 war diary covers the units time in Ostend on the Belgium coast

National Archive Reference: WO 171/1149

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Place	Date	Summary of Events and Information	References to Appendices
OSTENDE	1	Nothing unusual to report. Fired as shown in Appendix F.1	Appendix F.1
	2	do. do. do. do.	do.
	3	do. do. do. do.	do.
	4	do. do. do. do.	do.
	5	Fired as shown in Appendix F.1. Issued Transport O.O.No.1/44.Appx D.1.	Appdx.F.1 and D.1
	6	do. do. Issued Transport Detail S/1 of 6 Oct.Appx. D.2	Appx. F.1 and D.2
	7	}
	8	}
	9	} Nothing to report. Courses being given to LAA personnel in the use
	10	} of Predictors AA No. 1.
	11	}
	12	Issued Transport Detail S/1/A of 12 Oct.	Appdx, D.3
	13	No unusual events to report.
	14	Issued Transport Detail S/1/A of 14 Oct.	Appdx.D.4
	15	Weekly Intelligence Report submitted.	Appdx. F.2.

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Place	Date	Summary of Events and Information	References to Appendices
Ostende	16	Commenced plan for organising and preparing the Regt for possible duty as	Appendix.D.5
		occupational troops in GERMANY.
	17	Nothing unusual to report.
	18	do. do.
	19	do. do.
	20	Further large transport detail recived. Issued Transport O.O.No.2/44	Appx.D.6.
	21	Weekly Intelligence Report submitted.	Appx.F.3.
	22	98 HAA Regt of 75 AA Bde required for def of BRUSSELS. A, C & D TPS of this	Appx.D.7.
		Regt received orders to take over part of coast arty role of 98 Regt.
		Issued 99th O.O.No.3/44.
	23,24 25,26,27	Nothing unusual to report. Lectures on Radar AA No.3 Mk.5 and No. 10
		Predictors taking place for Offrs owing to adv infm that the Regt will be
		re-equipped with this eqpt.
	28	Weekly Intelligence Report submitted.	Appx.F.4
	29/31	Nothing unusual to report.