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Day he died they were fighting on the Ibbenburen Ridge.

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while 9th DLI and the Inniskilling's pushed through and along the main road to Ibbenburen.



The DLI and Inniskilling's found the going much harder, as the advanced on Ibbenburen, losing a lot of men to snipers, before withdrawing for a while. The Devonshire's were relieved by 7/9th Royal Scots of 155th Brigade, 52nd Division. On the 4th the Inniskilling's were held up by bogs and farmhouse defences, but 'C' Squadron and the DLI attacked factories outside Ibbenburen. Fighting went on all day, with more tank commanders being shot by snipers. 1/5th Queen's and 8th Hussars put in a flank attack north east of the town, losing a number of men in the process. The fanatical resistance continued, with some of the enemy remaining in the blazing ruins until they were burnt to death. The DLI took 30 prisoners and killed many more, in what were described at one time as scenes from Wagnerian battles, as the flames lit up the night sky.

the battalion joined 131st Lorried Infantry Brigade at the end of November 1944 to replace one of the two Queens Battalions that were disbanded. It then fought with the division until the end of the war. It took part in the victory parade in Berlin with 'B' company forming an Honour Guard that was inspected by General Montgomery.

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