1st KOSB WAR DIARIES

1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORTH WEST EUROPE

Tuesday, March 20, 1945

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START LOCATION

NDR MORMTER, Germany

FINISH LOCATION

NDR MORMTER, Germany

WAR DIARY

SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION

Visibility was restricted owing to slight fog and smoke drifting from some distance away to the NW.

However, enemy movement was seen at 069521, 072521, 070524, mostly being odd soldiers walking about.

At night vehicle movement was heard in REES from 2000 hrs to 0430 hrs.

During the night the 2 LINCOLNS captured 11 Prisoners, whose identification confirmed the presence of 7 Para Div in the area.

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES

Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books

The whole time the Battalion was on the banks of the Rhine all ranks were extremely comfortable. Accommodation was available in undamaged houses and farms which were well stocked with poultry; eggs were plentiful, and as all the civilians had been evacuated we made good use of them rather than let them go bad.

While holding the Rhine bank we were spasmodically shelled and mortared and suffered a few casualties (3 killed and 4 wounded). Our greatest enemy, however, was our own smoke screen, which caused a great deal of discomfort and violent sickness in some cases.

Borderers Chronicle June 1945