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1st KOSB WAR DIARIES

1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORTH WEST EUROPE

Tuesday, December 12, 1944

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START LOCATION

GEIJSTEREN

FINISH LOCATION

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GEIJSTEREN

WAR DIARY

SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION

Officers Day held in house next to OOSTRUM Church.


Coys changed over as follows :


C Coy having been reconstructed in the meantime with Capt GC Stonor as Coy Comd and Capt AJM Brown as 2IC, Platoon Comds being Sgt Robertson, Lieut AM Young, Lieut JR Walker


C to A (WANSSUM) A to B (OOSTRUM) B to D (GEIJSTEREN) D to VENRAIJ.


Under Appendix A find change over instructions, and under Appendix B Officers Day programme (*below). During the morning *Capt Wildblood gave an interesting lecture on conditions we may find inside Germany.

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES

Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books

*Charles Henry Wildblood, Intelligence Officer in 3rd Div has provided a number of Oral History recordings on the IWM website here > https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80020783



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PHOTO AND MAP CREDITS

Map:

Google Maps view of Oostrum, 2026.

Photo:

Oostrum Church of St Nicholas and 'house next door'. Google Street View, 2026

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