1944 - 1949
The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB WAR DIARIES
1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORTH WEST EUROPE
Sunday, September 17, 1944
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START LOCATION
Soignies, BELGIUM
FINISH LOCATION
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MEUSE ESCAUT CANAL
WAR DIARY
SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION
The Bn left the staging area at 0635 hrs and arrived at about 1400 hrs in an area South of the MEUSE ESCAUT CANAL near LILLE ST HUBERT.
The Bn had a quick run by-passing BRUSSELS and passing through LOUVAIN a town which to those few of the Bn who were serving with the original 1st Bn during the campaign in 1940, brought back memories.
Fwd Coys were in contact with the enemy who were holding the line of the NORTH bank of the canal. The enemy however had little arty and only a few mortars so the posn was a very quiet one.
ALTERNATIVE SOURCES
Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books
We halted for the night at a group of farms south of Brussels and early next morning moved off again in our lorries, by-passing the city in the region of Waterloo — in the grey morning mist the Lion monument loomed up on our left. WIG Wilson's - A Short History of The First Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers in North-West Europe
CASUALTIES ON THIS DAY
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DIED ON THIS DAY
KIA
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WOUNDED ON THIS DAY
WIA
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PHOTO AND MAP CREDITS
Map:
"Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin."
Photo:
Allied convoys moving through Belgium, 1944. (From FB - https://www.facebook.com/groups/859603390775800/)