Battlegroup Fehrmann Tiger v. three British Comets, 3RTR

I have another pic of that bridge via my dad.

 

The Tank Museum have added an account of this little battle to their Tank Museum Tiger Collection blog.

CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN COMET - The Tiger Collection

 

Hi all - new to the site. Thought you'd be interested in a citation my Grandfather received and his subsequent MM award. He was in the Cromwell that was taken out in the action in the post above.

 

Welcome Elliott,

Did you attach your grandfather's citation? I don't see it, might be my browser version but I don't think so.

 

Sorry - still getting used to the forum. Will try again...

 

And the mention the war diary...

 

Hi Andrew,
Glad you made it over to this forum after I posted about this thread on twitter!

Alex

 

Andrew. Welcome to the Forum.

Do you have any photos taken at that phase of the War?

 

Hi - a few. Some are a little big in size so just trying to make them a little smaller. They're on twitter @acelliott79 if you want a look in the meantime.

 

Thanks Andrew. Found the Twitter photos. Nice medal group, especially the MM and the photo with Monty.

Is your grandfather still alive?

 

No - he died in '93. My Nan just passed away and I've inherited a few of these pics - which I didn't know existed. There are more I'm lead to believe, so if I get hold of them, I'll post here.

 

Andrew

Sorry to hear about your grandad but let's ensure his memory lives on via his photos and, of course, his medals. Incidentally, the photos appear typical of that time in being printed on Velox paper - always nice to be able to 'connect' with those distant times by holding photos 'that were there'.

Steve

 

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Andy

I can only see the dreaded Photobucket message! What's the original source of the photo?

Steve

 

Andy

Just seen it on Facebook. Sincere thanks for posting.

Any idea as to those guys Regiment? The cap badges look vaguely RTR but difficult to make out.

 

Click on the Photobucket logo and copy image address. Paste that into your browser and you see the image

 

Like I said over on 'Faceache' the guys are from B Sqn 3RTR.

 

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I've decided to bin the dreaded 'Photobucket' and gone elsewhere! Here are the two pics I posted earlier, they have been supplied courtesy of Adam Hermitage whose father Ed was in B Sqn 3RTR!:-