1st KOSB WAR DIARIES

1st KOSB WAR DIARIES - NORTH WEST EUROPE

Monday, May 07, 1945

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START LOCATION

DELMENHORST, Germany

FINISH LOCATION

IBBENBUREN, Germany

WAR DIARY

SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND INFORMATION

The Bn moved to IBBENBUREN leaving DELMENHORST at 0715 and arriving at 1430.

The tracked column arrived three hours later and the Bn was settled in by 1800 hrs with positions as follows:-

Bn HQ 988091;

"A" Coy 991095;

"B" Coy 997101;

"C" Coy 988088;

"D" Coy 990083;

"S" Coy 038072.

The Bn was comfortably established in billets and settled down to cleaning up and smartening up after eleven months and two days of fighting on the Continent.

In the evening it was announced that the next day would be celebrated as "Victory in Europe" day as all GERMAN armed forces in Europe had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies.

ALTERNATIVE SOURCES

Personal accounts, other War Diaries and excerpts from books

B Company

The cessation of hostilities in Europe saw us on the move again—this time to a more congenial part of "Fatherland." We found ourselves stationed at Ibbenburen, situated in one of the loveliest parts of the German countryside, quite near the industrial town of Osnabruck. The billets allotted to us provided an exceptionally high standard of comfort in comparison to the many accommodated since leaving the shores of Britain.

Amongst our old friends we welcome back at this time Sergt. "Phil." Falconer, who has informed us that Pte. "Sammy" Crouch who left us at the same time is making a speedy recovery.

Borderers Chronicle June 1945