1944 - 1949
The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB WAR DIARIES
1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORTH WEST EUROPE
Wednesday, September 27, 1944
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LIESEL
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LIESEL
WAR DIARY
SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION
At 0130 hrs contact was established by patrol between the Royal Warwickshire Regt and ourselves at road-track-junc 645139. Patrolling on similar lines to preceding day. Reports indicate that the drawbridge at HOGGEBRUG 708122 has been blown.
Carrier patrols went to MEIJEL in the morning and at dusk. No enemy were observed. A and D Coys cleared area 682128 - 702122 - 703078 - 720079. No enemy encountered.
C and D Coy recce patrols to 695156 and 697153. No enemy movement seen.
B Coy night recce patrol to HOGGEBRUG challenged by enemy. This was the most northerly point on the canal in our unit sector that showed any sign of enemy.
Warning order to move received 1915 hrs.
Nightly contact patrol with the Warwicks cancelled.
ALTERNATIVE SOURCES
Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books
"Our chief activity while in Liesel was carrying out long distance patrols, to villages such as Meijel, or to the line of the Deurne Canal. Our front was thinly held and the Germans also patrolled into Meijel, looting food, and then returning across the canal to their positions. We collected a few prisoners and abandoned guns; our only casualties were caused by enemy shelling of the Church tower. One of the Dutch Resistance men was shot while patrolling and died in the Regimental Aid Post. All told, our four days in Liesel were relatively comfortable and much cheered by the hospitality of the people. It was all the more saddening then, to hear that at a later date — when the Americans were holding the village — a German counter attack recaptured it and that the place was destroyed".
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
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Sunday 24 September 1944. Men of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (possibly the 2nd Battalion) resting in a village in Holland. (Colourised)