IWM Photo series - British advance near Hotton

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  1. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

    IWM Photo series - British advance near Hotton

    Work in Progress ;-)

    Object/205413006
    BRITISH ADVANCE NEAR HOTTON
    IWM B13393 : Object description - Original wartime caption: Infantry, in their snow-covered position, waiting for the order to attack. Photo taken by Sergeant Hewitt. Catalogued 5d1m1945.

    BRITISH ADVANCE NEAR HOTTON
    IWM B13394 : Object description : Original wartime caption: Infantry, in their snow-covered position, waiting for the order to attack. Photo taken by Sergeant Hewitt. Catalogued 5d1m1945.

    Object/205206497
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945
    IWM B13395 : Object description - Infantry of 53rd (Welsh) Division in the snow near Hotton, 4 January 1945. Photo taken by Sergeant Hewitt. Catalogued 5d1m1945.

    BRITISH ADVANCE NEAR HOTTON
    IWM B13396 : Object description - Original wartime caption: Infantry moving up to the attack.

    BRITISH ADVANCE NEAR HOTTON
    IWM B13397 : Object description - Original wartime caption: Infantry moving up to the attack.

    BRITISH ADVANCE NEAR HOTTON
    IWM B13398 : Object description - Original wartime caption: Infantry moving up to the attack.

    BRITISH ADVANCE NEAR HOTTON
    IWM B13399 : Object description - Original wartime caption: Infantry moving up to the attack.

    Object/205206498
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945
    IWM B13400 : Object description : Sherman tanks moving up to the front near Hotton in Belgium, 4 January 1945. Photo taken by Sergeant Hewitt. Catalogued 5d1m1945.

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    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945
    IWM B13401 : Object description : Sherman tanks moving up to the front near Hotton in Belgium, 4 January 1945. Photo taken by Sergeant Hewitt. Catalogued 5d1m1945.

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    [January 4, 1945], HQ Twelfth Army Group situation map.

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  2. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

    These Shermans generally seem attributed to East Riding Yeomanry.

    http://ww2f.com/threads/diary-of-a-soldier-in-the-east-riding-yeomanry-bla.14763/

    for instance, has...

    January 1st 1945
    A Happy New Year to you all, new years day .Bright and fine , plenty of ice on roads , we may move tomorrow , wrote letters home , we moved up to march with 51st Welsh and then to Hotton ? and went into action with the 51st Highland Division , our job was to close the gap in the bulge , it was done by 11 th January in 2 days , we have moved up from Hodister ?, we are wondering if we shall get the job of sorting the jerries out that are cut off , La Roche is ours.


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    As an aside, oddly one that appears via a reverse image search... not matching up.

    A column of Sherman tanks from... - World of Tanks Console

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    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

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