War Diaries of 

F (Sphinx) Battery, Royal Horse Artillery

1945.

 

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The following text is from a Log Book and lists locations and events on a daily basis for the Battery for 1945

(Please mote it is all handwritten and difficult to read at times, plus some parts are very faded and difficult to understand.)

 

1945

January 1st

Hunsel

B.H.Q. had a party.

2nd

Hunsel

3rd

Hunsel

S.F.A.

4th

Hunsel

5th

Hunsel

6th

Hunsel

7th

Hunsel

Recce position at Maeseik.

8th

Hunsel

Recce positions at Zandfont Bridge

9th

Hunsel

Did a short for Chester Willmott of BBC.

10th

Hunsel

Did a short for C.R.A.

11th

Hunsel

Cinema show at R.H.Q.

12th

Hunsel

Came out of action 1000 hrs.

13th

Maeseik (Maeseyck)

14th

Maeseik (Maeseyck)

Lt Fox went on O.R.

15th

Maeseyck

16th

Hunsel

Came back to Hunsel today.

17th

Hunsel

18th

Hunsel

19th

Hunsel

A sub F ?????? had a premature

L/Sgt Edgeworth & Drv Bevoit wounded

20th

Sanfort

21st

Sanfort

22nd

Sanfort

Premature G Troop

23rd

Sanfort

24th

Sanfort

25

Sanfort

Still supporting Commandos

26

Sanfort

27

Panheel

28

Panheel

29

Panheel

30

Panheel

31

Panheel

February 1

Panheel

2

Panheel Lt Howell }

3

Panheel Lt Wilson } Left Regt

4

Thorn

5

Thorn

6

Thorn

7

Thorn

8

Thorn

9

Thorn

10

Thorn

11

Thorn

12

Thorn

13

Thorn

14

Thorn Rest ad general admin work

15

Thorn A.P.s 7 D.O.S

16

Thorn Trade Tests

17

Thorn

18

Left Thorn for Tilburg

19

Tilburg Base depot etc.

20

Tilburg

21

Tilburg

22

Tilburg

23

Left Tilburg for Pfalzdorf Now in Germany

24

Pfalzdorf

25

Pfalzdorf

26

Left Pfalzdorf for Nedlhassen 9444 2Km NE Guch

27

28

 

 

 

March 1945 onwards

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