| March 1945 | CO: Lt Col AWA Llewellyn Palmer DSO MC | ||||||||||
| Mar 45 | North Irish Horse | ||||||||||
| 1/3/45 | C.M.F. Recce Sqn now consists of:-
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| 2/3/45 | B Sqn fired 95mm at a strong (35 men) enemy patrol and broke it up. 75mms scored several direct hits on enemy occupied houses. C Sqn started their attack in support of Cremona at 1200hrs. going very bad for tanks with sand, bogs and mines. Four tanks lost on mines but first objective reached and 24 POW taken. | ||||||||||
| 3/3/45 | C Sqn attack continued at 1115. Contact was soon made and excellent and accurate tank shooting brought in 200 POW and there were many dead. No. 2 troop sank a boat. | ||||||||||
| 4/3/45 | 17 Indian Bde relieved by 2nd Commando Bde, B Sqn remained in support. C Sqn, less one troop, moved to SAN ALBERTO, they had no casualties and took 244 OR & 3 officers POW and killed 30. A Sqn moved to area West of MEZZANO in support of Jewish Bde. | ||||||||||
| 5/3/45 | B Sqn did HF. | ||||||||||
| 6/3/45 | Recce Sqn relieved B Sqn at last light. B Sqn moved to RAVENNA in reserve. | ||||||||||
| 7/3/45 | A Sqn 95mm carried out HF on enemy trenches, an ammo dump blew up. 75mm scored hits on an enemy OP which burned all day. C Sqn sustained 4 casualties wounded, and moved their 95mm to avoid shelling. Recce Sqn reported visibility too poor for shelling. | ||||||||||
| 8/3/45 | A Sqn carried out HF. C Sqn shot-in 95mms in their new positions. Recce Sqn registered targets. | ||||||||||
| 9/3/45 | A Sqn caused a fire in an enemy occupied house. | ||||||||||
| 11/3/45 | XXII Cremona Group relieved 2nd Commando Bde. Recce Sqn remained in support. C Sqn carried out HF at night. 9 POW taken by patrols. 2nd Commando Bde relieved XXI Cremona. | ||||||||||
| 12/3/45 | A Sqn again shelled houses. Recce Sqn carried out a 2 hour HF programme. In C Sqn area a German Sgt/Major appeared and borrowed a boat to bring over 20 of his men. He brought 2 over but a German Capt appeared and prevented further evacuation. | ||||||||||
| 13/3/45 | C Sqn relieved by Recce Sqn. | ||||||||||
| 14 – 15 | A Sqn carried out HF. | ||||||||||
| 18/3/45 | A Sqn are planning a limited attack in support of Jewish Bde. | ||||||||||
| 20/3/45 | B Sqn liasing with 2nd Commando Bde for proposed attack on the Spit. | ||||||||||
| 22/3/45 | Recce Sqn carried out counter-battery and C/M tasks under direction of arty. Enemy put in attack on 12th Lancers right hand Sqn with bazookas and flame throwers. No positions were lost. | ||||||||||
| 25/3/45 | A & C Sqns moved to Training Area and trained with 19th Indian Inf Bde. | ||||||||||
| 26/3/45 | Recce Sqn carried out a scheme with Commando Bde. In the night they created a diversion near SAN ALBERTO to cover up some experiments which were being made in the South of LAKE COMMACHIO. | ||||||||||
| 27 – 28 | Recce Sqn carried out HF tasks. | ||||||||||
| 29/3/45 | B Sqn relieved Recce Sqn. | ||||||||||
| 30 – 31 | A & C Sqns training. |
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