Got hold of some copies of some great old photos today. Particularly poignant for me, as my Dad's Regiment passed over this bailey bridge on 15 October 1944. PLUMBRIDGE, ST. JOSEF, RIJKEVORSEL, ANTWERP-TURNHOUT CANAL 3 THENS and the nows. view from the side. The map reference in the war diary of my dad's unit put's his unit to the left of the bridge.
These pics are the Vicarage in the centre of Rijkevorsel. The first from 1943 with a German Tank driving past. The 2nd. Damaged during the liberation in September 1944. And the now.
Check you out Well done matey - Sounds like a rather productive trip from what you are saying Sir Rob
Check you out Well done matey - Sounds like a rather productive trip from what you are saying Sir Rob Thrilled to have got the bridge pics. Thanks for the comments.
Do we know if the Bailey (Plum) Bridge was one of Sapper's constructions? Look at sign board , it has the Polar Bear of 49th Div.
Look at sign board , it has the Polar Bear of 49th Div. You are absolutely correct. It was the 49th Division's bridgehead over the Antwerp Turnhout Canal. The annual memorial ceremony was this afternoon and I will post some pics, when I sort them out. Must not hog my Friends computer. It took from the 23rd September to the 23rd October before they cleared the Germans out. Then the V1 and V2 rockets started landing and the civilian population suffered more deaths than during the actual liberation itself.
