1944 - 1949
The definitive research resource for the 1st KOSB from 1944-1949
1st KOSB WAR DIARIES
1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORTH WEST EUROPE
Thursday, January 04, 1945
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GRUBBENVORST
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GRUBBENVORST
WAR DIARY
SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION
At about 0840 hrs a flying bomb passed over the Bn area going West.
Shortly afterwards it was engaged by AA fire, which turned it round and it disappeared in a South Easterly direction.
Several V2s were seen going off during the early hours of the morning, but nothing much of interest happened during the hours of darkness.
Visibility during the day was fair and OPs saw movement in 9018, 9118 and in the VELDEN area.
Again there was Gun, Mortar and Nebelwerfer activity in the WANSSUM, BLITTERSWIJK area.
One civilian was found in a house at 896153, who had just swum the MEUSE. He gave some fairly useful information about enemy positions, in HASSELT area.
Shortly after 2000 hrs the Steam Tram was heard in LOMM.
ALTERNATIVE SOURCES
Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books
CASUALTIES ON THIS DAY
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DIED ON THIS DAY
KIA
Photo | RANK | First Name | Surname | Service Number | AGE | Memorial | Grave Marker |
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WOUNDED ON THIS DAY
WIA
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PHOTO AND MAP CREDITS
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Photo:
German V2 Flying Bomb: Ian Dunster on en.wikipedia - Imperial War Museum - picture scanned by me Ian Dunster 13:57, 17 September 2005 (UTC) from: Weapons & War Machines compiled by Andrew Kershaw and Ian Close - Phoebus - 1976 - ISBN 0-7026-0008-3 and credited to: Imperial War Museum., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1069251