Batttle of Knightsbridge Box

john w. · 29-06-2004, 12:51 PM

Anyone help with details on this battle, it was where a colleague of mine's dad was captured.

His dad was in the 10th Hussars.

Cheers

John

BeppoSapone · 29-06-2004, 02:25 PM

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Originally posted by john w.@Jun 29 2004, 05:51 AM
Anyone help with details on this battle, it was where a colleague of mine's dad was captured.

His dad was in the 10th Hussars.

Cheers

John

"Knightsbridge Box" was a defensive box in the western desert, called Knightsbridge because it was, at first, garrisoned by the Guards Brigade.

http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.pat...attles1942.htm

BeppoSapone · 29-06-2004, 03:32 PM

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Originally posted by john w.@Jun 29 2004, 05:51 AM
Anyone help with details on this battle, it was where a colleague of mine's dad was captured.

His dad was in the 10th Hussars.

Cheers

John

Forgot to say, if you have a name, date of capture etc you might come up with more.

For example, this link: http://www.warlinks.com/armour/3_cly/3cly_42.html
will take you to the 1942 War Diary of the 3rd County of London Yeomanry
(3rd Sharpshooters). Scroll down to 27 May 1942 and you get a list of both officer and OR casualties at Knightsbridge.

MalcolmII · 29-06-2004, 06:26 PM

I have the original War Office publication on 8th Army from which the attached map is taken. Knightsbridge was on a crossroads near Gazala and was important for any army going for Tobruk.
Aye
MalcolmII

angie999 · 30-06-2004, 08:15 PM

This was a part of the bigger battle of Gazala in May/June 1942. There is a fairly detailed account in Barrie Pitt's The Crucible of War: Auchinleck's Command, chapter 5. This is the second volume of his trilogy on the desert war from 1940 to el Alamein.

morse1001 · 01-07-2004, 10:58 PM

there is also Rommels account of the Battle in Chapter 9 of his papers.

this is taken from the Rommel Papers. it is interesting to compare both versions of the same battle map.

angie999 · 02-07-2004, 08:14 PM

I hate to put a damper on the party, but aren't these maps breaching copyright?

morse1001 · 02-07-2004, 08:31 PM

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Originally posted by angie999@Jul 2 2004, 06:14 PM
I hate to put a damper on the party, but aren't these maps breaching copyright?

since they do not represent 10% of either the total images or text then copyright does not come into it!

MalcolmII · 02-07-2004, 08:40 PM

less than 10% and they are for ' research purposes ' and not commercial use.
Now if I'd copied the whole book and sold it to you ............................

Aye
Malcolm

morse1001 · 02-07-2004, 08:52 PM

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Originally posted by MalcolmII@Jul 2 2004, 06:40 PM
less than 10% and they are for ' research purposes ' and not commercial use.
Now if I'd copied the whole book and sold it to you ............................

Aye
Malcolm

dont need to. i've got the book!!!

30-06-2004, 08:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
angie999 Very Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: near Bristol, UK Posts: 1,551	This was a part of the bigger battle of Gazala in May/June 1942. There is a fairly detailed account in Barrie Pitt's The Crucible of War: Auchinleck's Command, chapter 5. This is the second volume of his trilogy on the desert war from 1940 to el Alamein. __________________ Angie "History is lived forward but it is written in retrospect. We know the end before we consider the beginning and we can never wholly recapture what it was like to know the beginning only." C V Wedgewood

01-07-2004, 10:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
morse1001 Very Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland Posts: 4,585	there is also Rommels account of the Battle in Chapter 9 of his papers. this is taken from the Rommel Papers. it is interesting to compare both versions of the same battle map. __________________ WWW.WARFARETODAY.com

02-07-2004, 08:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
angie999 Very Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: near Bristol, UK Posts: 1,551	I hate to put a damper on the party, but aren't these maps breaching copyright? __________________ Angie "History is lived forward but it is written in retrospect. We know the end before we consider the beginning and we can never wholly recapture what it was like to know the beginning only." C V Wedgewood

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john w. Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 14	Anyone help with details on this battle, it was where a colleague of mine's dad was captured. His dad was in the 10th Hussars. Cheers John

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MalcolmII Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 209	I have the original War Office publication on 8th Army from which the attached map is taken. Knightsbridge was on a crossroads near Gazala and was important for any army going for Tobruk. Aye MalcolmII

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MalcolmII Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Scotland Posts: 209	less than 10% and they are for ' research purposes ' and not commercial use. Now if I'd copied the whole book and sold it to you ............................ Aye Malcolm

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