5th Btn Coldstream Gds April 1945 casualty query

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  1. cg1914

    cg1914 Junior Member

    Hello

    researching a Sgt who was wounded on either the 24th or 26th April 1945 with 5th Btn Cold Gds -
    can any one tell me what was happening on these dates ?

    thanks

    Ian
     
  2. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    I havent got Coldstream history but this may help from the Grenadiers history pages 242-243 to get you started.

    April 24
    Promptly at 11 o'clock on the 24th of April the attack on Zeven began. The 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards , supported by tanks of their 1st Battalion , broke out from Wiersdorf...
    The Coldstream , with their force split up on either side of the Wiersdorf-Zeven road , had the advantage of firm ground to travel over, but country was very open and they suffered casualties from mortars and small arms fire.
    ....the first parties of prisoners soon began to drift in.....They were delighted to be taken prisoner , and by 4 o'clock in the afternoon had surrendered the entire town to the 5th Coldstream and Grenadiers.

    That's all I can see mentioned of the Coldstream , hope others can help.
     
  3. cg1914

    cg1914 Junior Member

    Thanks very much for this
     
  4. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

  5. cg1914

    cg1914 Junior Member

    So it would appear that the 24th is most likely the correct date
     
  6. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Hopefully some kind member will post the relevent pages of the battalion war diary soon.
    I'm sure there a couple of members out there that have them.
     
  7. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

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    Hope the above war diary extracts are of use.
     
  8. cg1914

    cg1914 Junior Member

    thanks for the info
     
  9. ecallaghan

    ecallaghan New Member

    Sorry I'm late to this post - but I have been going through my grandfathers effects and in a book I found his Army From B notifying my grandmother that he has been injured on 24/4/45
     
  10. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

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