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, February 07, 1945
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LOUVAIN (Leuven) Belgium
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LOUVAIN (Leuven) Belgium
WAR DIARY
SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION
All day was spent in cleaning up kit and equipment and settling into billets.
Everyone appreciated very much the welcome given us by the inhabitants and the comfort and luxury of the billets.
ALTERNATIVE SOURCES
Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books
D Company
Our billets were the best we had had up to this time. Many of the Sections were billetted in cafes, and it was learned from unauthorised sources that inspecting Officers were in good form by the time they had been round the Company area.
Another advantage of Herent was that it was only fifteen miles from Brussels and we were able to send parties in every day. We also had a certain amount of football, and it was here that No. 17 Platoon won the Company competition.
A few nights before we left, C and D Companies ran an inter-Company dance which was very successful. A large number of A.T.S. came along from a local gun site, and a few nurses came from Louvain to help swell the ranks. Corpl. Osborne was M.C. and he did a very fine job of work. Borderers Chronicle June 1945
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:
Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service from an Anti-Aircraft battery in Belgium go to the 21 Dance Club, Brussels, 13 February 1945. IWM image B 14547