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, October 01, 1944
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ST HUBERT
WAR DIARY
SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION
Contact was again established with 1st SUFFOLKS at 0100 hrs.
The morning and afternoon were spent in preparation for the evening move.
The advance party under the 2IC left at 0800 hrs for the area of ST. HUBERT 6744.
8th and 185 Inf Bdes went into concentration areas EAST of MAIDEN 7055, and the 9th Inf Bde in area CUYK 7149, HAPS 7044, ST HUBERT 6744, VOGELSHOEK 6349, with ourselves in area ST HUBERT.
The Bn convoy left MILHEEZE 6424 at 1900 hrs arriving at ST HUBERT at shortly after 2300 hrs. This is a semi-tactical concentration area with everyone under cover as far as is reasonably tactical.
Inter-coy contact patrols at 2300 hrs and 0300 hrs.
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CASUALTIES ON THIS DAY
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DIED ON THIS DAY
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WOUNDED ON THIS DAY
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PHOTO AND MAP CREDITS
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Photo:
Stretcher bearers and infantrymen of the 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment pass Churchill tanks of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade near Venray, the Netherlands, 17 October 1944 By Hewitt (Sgt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit - This photograph BU 1231 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24498074