SSM. Lawrence William "Buck" Turnbull (4343733) Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) Operation Varsity On the 24th March 1945 during the airborne...
OPERATION PLUNDER. Crossing the Rhine by XII Corps.
In Alan Cooper’s book Wot! No Engines F/Sgt. John Crane, an RAF Glider pilot, identifies himself as the man on the left of the Hamminkeln sign...
[ATTACH] Whilst visiting the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery earlier this month, a group of people approached myself and another guy I was talking...
With the 70th Anniversary of the Rhine Crossing fast upon us I thought this segment from Canadian Army Newsreel No. 67 might be of interest. Many...
I'm planning to take my 94 year old father back to the Nijmegen/Kleve/Goch area next month to re-visit some of the route he took in 1945. He was...
Brigadier Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 9th Bt, who has died aged 100, was a highly experienced gunner officer who played a notable part in the Battle of...
Part I : The assault across the Rhine: Operation TURNSCREW "Over the Rhine, then, let us go. And good hunting to you all on the other side."...
Definitive account in the Regimental History "Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard" (2001) Volume 2 page 246. Joe Brown.
The 8RS passed through the position being held by the 7th/9th RS at Xanten. The 8RS then crossed the Rhine in three waves, 'A' and 'B' Companies...
EDITED Please read on for the full diaries and reports.
I recently picked up an original Map for Operation Plunder covering the Emmerich area of Germany. This is marked "Not to be used for Shooting"....
30000 tons of RE stores, 19000 feet of Bailey for 16 bridges. 1125 miles of piping was used to transfer petrol to Eindhoven, 4 forestry companies...
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