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Events Sunday 4th March 1945 SCENES IN GELDERN AND ISSUM, GERMANY, AFTER BRITISH AND US SOLDIERS HAD LINKED UP [Allocated Title] Object description (not currently online) The Reconnaissance Regiment of the 53rd (Welsh) Division moves through Geldern. Sherman tanks of the Sherwood Rangers (Nottinghamshire Yeomanry) in the captured village of Issum; British and US soldiers mingle. A surrendered German sniper is taken away. Houses with white flags outside. Monday 5th March 1945 Re. Fusilier George Cyril Lowe, 14805584, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 4th Bn. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?st...sAczeNZN75Hl&id=591088507905911&sfnsn=scwspmo https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2056471/george-cyril-lowe/ SHERMAN TANKS OF 8TH ARMOURED DIVISION, BREN CARRIERS OF 53RD (WELSH) DIVISION AND OTHER VEHICLES PASS THROUGH ISSUM, GERMANY, WHERE WHITE FLAGS ARE FLYING FROM WINDOWS [Allocated Title] (Not currently online) Tuesday 6th March 1945 THE BREAK THROUGH B15233 : Original wartime caption: General scenes in Issum. THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945 B15234 : Brigadier G E Prior-Palmer (right), commanding 8th Armoured Brigade, consults a map in Issum, Germany, 6 March 1945. A Crusader AA tank of the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers), can be seen in the background. THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945 B15235 : A Sherman tank crew of the Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers), 8th Armoured Brigade, shaking hands with US troops in Issum, Germany, 6 March 1945. THE BREAK THROUGH B15236 : Original wartime caption: American armour pours into Issum where the white flags were out for our tanks which captured the town only two hours before. THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945 B15237 : British and US troops greet each other in Issum, 6 March 1945. THE BREAK THROUGH B15238 : Original wartime caption: US - British greetings in Issum. A white flag waves overhead. THE BREAK THROUGH B15239 : Original wartime caption: Our infantry march into Issum to consolidate our gains on road to Wesel, after our tanks had dashed to this village. THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945 B15240 : Churchill AVREs, some carrying fascines, line a road into Kavelaer, 6th March 1945. Wednesday 7th March 1945 SRY - War Diary, 7th March 1945 Plan with 158 Bde cancelled. 4/7 Dragoon Guards and ourselves were pulled out of battle. Regiment harboured in ISSUM, which provided excellent billets. GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR DIG GRAVES FOR BRITISH CASUALTIES IN THE APLON/ISSUM AREA OF GERMANY [Allocated Title] (Not currently online) Thursday 8th March 1945 SRY - War Diary, 8th March 1945 8th Regiment at rest, tanks maintained. Sqn Ldrs conference in the morning to discuss points arising out of the recent battle. Commander 8th Armd Bde attended the conference. Friday 9th March 1945
