Some links on Schinnen during WW2 Schinnen - Wikipedia Partnership and peace at Schinnen: Celebrating across generations Geul-line Casemate - Schinnen - TracesOfWar.com Schinnen Garrison opens doors to locals to mark 40th anniversary Annual WWII ceremony on hold Dutch War Graves Schinnen - Schinnen - TracesOfWar.com Tank Action Marching to the Sound of Gunfire Schinnen More to add in edit ;-)
A "B" Squadron SRY crew (possibly) in Schinnen. Some SRY + Schinnen links... Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry (SRY) in North West Europe Operation Clipper - Geilenkirchen and the SRY - November 1944 Marching to the Sound of Gunfire Tank Action SRY in Schinnen... https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=353947615478604
Hi Ramiles - I served at JFC HQ Brunssum from 2004 - 2008 and remember Schinnen well. Although I didn't find the time to study the battles of 1944, many thanks for your information! Best John
https://podbay.fm/p/we-have-ways-of-making-you-talk/e/1632358800 Brothers in Arms - Chapter on Schinnen... "It took a certain type of courage to serve in a tank in World War Two. Encased in steel, surrounded by highly explosive shells, a big and slow-moving target, every crew member was utterly vulnerable to enemy attack from all sides. Living - and dying - in a tank was a brutal way to fight a war. Al Murray reads a chapter of James Holland’s new book Brothers in Arms."
Schinnen MISCELLANEOUS : Nr. Sittard IWM B13118 : Object description : Original wartime caption: "Christmas Greetings from Hitler": cards with these words were fired in shells by the enemy. THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945 IWM B13119 : Object description - A litle Dutch boy helps to refuel a Sherman tank near Sittard, 20 December 1944. THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945 IWM B13120 : Object description - A 7th Armoured Division lorry being recovered after crashing into an exposed cellar, near Sittard, 20 December 1944.