3 Super Heavy Regiment:4 Battery 5 Battery 15 Battery-240mm and 8 inch Guns.
Unit No.179
6 October 1944: Regiment fired from Belgium on Vlissingen, Oostburg and Schoondijke.
18 October 1944: 4 Battery engaged HB at Vlissingen by AOP. RHQ moved to Ecloo.
21 October 1944: 15 Battery moved forward in Belgium to engage Vlissingen.
24 October 1944: 4 Battery established OP south-east of Breskens to be shared with 15 Battery.
26 October 1944: 15 Battery No.1 moved forward short distance to be within range of certain HB targets in Vlissingen area.
28 November 1944: 15 Battety engaged HB at Vlissingen by AOP.
29 October 1944: Regiment moved from Belgium to Schoondijke(Zeeland).
1 November 1944: Regiment support the attack on Vlissingen,, from the battle positions could not shoot down to Vlissingen (min ranges being 10.800 yards for the 8" and 8500 yards for the 240mm). Fwd wagon lines there fore established near Schoondijk so that the M6 were readily available to move the Batteries if required. 115rpg 240mm and 109 rpg were dumped. Owing to the wet ground the spades of 5 battery moved back so far that the Battery therefore moved forward to a better position.
2 November 1944: This day saw the largest amn expenditure of the Battle, a total of 210 rounds.
4 November 1944: 4 Battery engaged HB North end of Walcheren
5 November 1944: 5 Battery and 15 Battery ( 240mm)back to Belgium. 4 Battery remained in action to cover North Walcheren.
7 November 1944: RHQ back to Belgium.
8 November 1944: 4 Battery back to Belgium.
9 November 1944: RHQ,5 and 15 Battery to Maarheeze plan received for Operation Mallard,
ammo was dumped 8" 100rpg and 240mm 100 rpg. RHQ and Batteries parties to occupy billets in gun area West of Weert.
10 November 1944: 4 Battery rejoined Regiment.
18 November 1944: Regiment moved to Asten.(Limburg) RHQ moved to occupy some scattered houses just north of Asten, 15 Battery in action at the railway yard at Terp, 5 Battery went to Behelp and was somewhat mixed up with a medium battery that was in action there and 4 Battery harboured in Loon.
19 November 1944: 4 Battery at with its 8" came into action in Loon and laid out an arc of fire covering Venlo to the east with the object of doing an shoot to destroy the bridge across the Maas. The following data regarding this rather interesting shoot had been worked out the day before. Angle between line of fire and line of bridge was 21* range to the bridge was 27.000yards. the dimension of the bridge taken from airphotographs were lenght 175 and breadth 15,5. From the above it was calculated that we could expect 19% hits. The shoots started and up to 15.25hrs we fired 36 rounds when we were ordered to stop as 28 medium bombers were on their way to bomb the bridge. They failed to hit it, at 16.00hrs we fired another 10rds at the same line and range, it turned out later that we hit the bridge and knocked one span down.
20 November 1944: Cpl Monro of 5 Battery injured by Schumine, 5 and 15 Battery moved to Meijel area. 4 Battery to be moved down the road to Meerkant, to give them an extra 3000 yards of range, not done through out the manu mines in that area.
21 November 1944: 4 and 15 Battery engaged a number of targets, 8 corps has arranged two V.H.F trucks, one will go to 4 Battery and the other to RHQ.
22 November 1944: 4 Battery fired into Germany. later 4 and 5 fired all in area south of Roermond.
24 November 1944: An officer from 5 AFPU section Deurne called to say the would like to make a film of the guns in action. This we should like very much having just see in an Eindhoven cinema a short but interesting shot of our efforts in the Breskens area. 4 Battery have dscovered the remains of a German body in a knocked out tank. They were instructed to bury it and attach any papers to a stick or cross, and to forward the burial forms to this HQ.
25 November 1944: 4 and 5 Batteries are to come out of action and occupy positions in the Helden area.
27 November 1944: 4 and 15 Batteries in harbour at Neerkant and Meijel, RHQ at Asten.
28 November 1944: Regiment moved to Beringe (Limburg). However 4 Battery came into action at Neerkant, and 5 Battery at Meijel have undertaken several bombards during the day.
29 November 1944: RHQ and 15 battery area shelled by 88mm's one shell landing 100yards from Officers Mess. Sgt Warner of 5 Battery lost a foot on a mine near his gun today.
2 December 1944: 15 Battery and his FOO established an OP at Boekend as the infantry asked for a shoot at a water tower used as an enemy OP. 25 rounds were alloted for the shoot. The eight ranging round hit the tower and 10 rounds at fire for effect destroyed it and flames were seen to come from it with much rubble.
3 December 1944: Two local children killed when playing to abandoned box mines. A German recce plane was shot out of the sky by two spitfires , it crashed but did not explode.
4 December 1944: Visit to the Regiment by personal rep of USA Under Secretary of State Mr Dannenborg.
6 December 1944: Regiment including 1759 Arty Platoon RASC moved to Bilsen (Limburg). All officers at RHQ fell ill today affected by a doubtful issue of M and V. New area Recce today in the area of Schinnen.
9 December 1944: Regiment moved to new position east of Maas.RHQ in Melihof, 4 Battery in Sweikhuizen, 5 Battery in Gracht and 15 Battery in Kling (Limburg) ammu dumped 4 Battery 150rpg, 5 Battery 120rpg and 15 Battery 120rpg.
10 December 1944: Regiment moved to Belgium.
6 February 1945: Regiment moved to Haps (Noord-Brabant). RHQ in Haps, 4 Battery near Mill.
7 February 1945: All batteries were ordered into action for Operation "Veritable" and was in action for several days
28 February 1944: Regiment last day in action in Holland
