8th Rifle Brigade - 4 September 1944 - Antwerp ‘The 4th of September was to provide the climax to our historic advance across France and Belgium, a day which none of us will ever forget. At first light the Company [G Coy] , together with John Dunlop’s squadron of the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, set off with Antwerp as our goal.’ ‘We raced along the broad highway to Willebroeck and there turned north to Boom. So far we had met no opposition...’ To read more about the 8th Rifle Brigade's campaign from Normandy to the Baltic, have a look at http://8thriflebrigade.co.uk/d-day-to-ve-day/ To find out more about the 8th Rifle Brigade in WW2, have a look at http://8thriflebrigade.co.uk/ , or become a member of https://www.facebook.com/groups/8thriflebrigade/
