Key Information
Reference code
ALLFREY 3/6
Title
Report, Dec 1942, on 5 Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment operations
Date(s)
- 1942 Dec 28 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
8pp
Scope and content
Report by Lt Col Arthur Ainslie Crook Commanding Officer 5 Bn Northamptonshire Regt, answering questions as to why his battalion was unable to make radio or personal contact with 18 Bn Lincolnshire Regt during the battle for Longstop Hill, Tunisia, from 22-26 Dec 1942. Including an extract from a report by Captain JM Barton, Commanding Officer of 2 Bn Hampshire Regt, on difficulties in radio communication experienced during the same period and a comment by [Maj Gen Vyvyan Evelegh], Commanding Officer 78 Div, on signalling problems. 8pp.