| Commanding Officer: Lt-Col J.M. HAILEY R.A. | ||||
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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary | References to Appendices |
| CHEUX | 1st | (Edward Williams, Ian Chalmers) | ||
| 2nd | 1100 | Location taken over by 53 (W) Inf Div, Regt moves to "rest" area, with guns in support of Canadian attack on CARPIQUET. Location, SECQUEVILLE EN BESSIN. | ||
| SECQUEVILLE | 8th | 1530 | Move to support new attack by Divisional Inf (2Glass H ) S.W. of Caen. Regt at call of 2Glass H. (46 Inf Bde) New location, St Mauvieu. | |
| ST MAUVIEU | 9th | Sporadic shelling, dumping of Ammunition. | ||
| " " | 10th | 0330-0630 | Barrage to support a/m attack. Rest of day, heavy shelling in concs and D.F. Tasks, on call of O.Ps. | |
| " " | 11th | (Thomas Gilmour) | ||
| " " | 14th | 1600 | Move to new location at MOUEN Farm. In Support of attack on ESQUAY. | |
| MOUEN | 15th | 2030 | Heavy mortaring, and shelling of gun positions. Several O.R. Casualties on 495 gun position, and in 'B' Ech. (John Law, Arthur Walker) | |
| " " | 16th | 0400) 0900) 2300) |
Gun position strafed by Enemy planes. Fock-Wulf 190's and Henschel 129's recognised Captain A.I. Marshall, 495 Fd Bty, evacuated to CCS with shrapnel wounds. (Thomas Fleming) | |
| " " | 17th | 2300 | Gun position heavily bombed by about 40 planes. HEINKELs recognised. casualties 4 killed, 15 injured, Lieutenant S.S. Brown, 495 Field Battery, missing, presumed dead. Heavy damage to vehicles. (John Joseph, Arthur Sharp, Stanley Brown, James Fleming) | |
| " " | 19th | Regiment returns to "rest" near St Mauview. Weather very poor, rain and mist. | ||
| ST MAUVIEU | 23rd | 1400 | Move to new position at CORMOLAIN, north of CAUMONT. 15 (S) Division commences to take over from 46 (US) Artillery Battalion. | |
| CORMOLAIN | 25th | Infantry take over completed during the day. | ||
| " " | 28/29 | 46 US Artillery Battalion moves out in direction of the ST LO front. | ||
| " " | 29th | Attack south of CAUMONT commences. 8th Corps at CAUMONT, 30th Corps on left, US Troops on right. | ||
| " " | 30th | 1600 | Regiment moves to CAUMONT to support advance units of 227 Brigade. Position strafed towards dark by enemy fighter bombers. No causalities. | |
| CAUMONT | 31st | 1130 | Move to take up new location at HERVIEUX. Some enemy air activity. ( Ivor Woolford, Kenneth Bailey ) | |