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OVERLOON Friday 10 November 1944 Next Next Start Location: OVERLOON End Location: OVERLOON A quiet wet day, spent mostly in improving billets and trying to make them waterproof. Nothing of interest to report. D-Day+ 157 10 November 1944 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Friday 10 November 1944 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

Wednesday 21 March 1945 Next Next Start Location: End Location: Concentrated smoke was emitted all day in the Bn area, causing considerable discomfort to the forward coys, and cutting out all observation from OPs. During the night 2 RUR captured two PW and killed one other as they were attempting to land from a boat. The interrogation confirmed 7 Para Div as being in the REES area. Slight enemy arty activity. D-Day+ 288 21 March 1945 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Wednesday 21 March 1945 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

SMAKT Friday 3 November 1944 Next Next Start Location: SMAKT End Location: SMAKT A very quiet morning with little shelling and mortaring. Representatives from 2 RUR went round our Coy positions during the afternoon, preparatory to taking over the posns the next day. The afternoon was also quiet. Shortly after 1900 hrs the enemy started shelling the railway in front of C Coy. The enemy had been firing a Bren from the area of the Steel Factory just to the East of the rly to the North East of C Coy posn. About 1930 hrs we stonked Q5 with 3" mortars and 25 pdrs. Except for this there was nothing of interest. List of Arty Targets will be found in Appx 'A'. D-Day+ 150 3 November 1944 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Friday 3 November 1944 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

Monday 14 May 1945 Next Next Start Location: End Location: Nothing to report. D-Day+ 342 14 May 1945 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Monday 14 May 1945 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

SMAKT Monday 30 October 1944 Next Next Start Location: SMAKT End Location: SMAKT Nebelwerfers fired twice into our area shortly after 0300 hrs. At 0700 hrs C Coy recce patrol reported having heard and seen nothing in the area of the STEEL FACTORY 798330. Little enemy movement was seen during the morning. At about 1500 hrs an enemy MG firing from the vicinity of the railway into C Coy forward Pl killed one man. A Coy reported vehicles moving in the village, and C Coy patrol shouting and confusion on the East of the railway at 799325. At 1800 hrs D Coy standing patrol reported searching all houses West of the railway and North of MOLENBEEK and finding no signs of enemy. No enemy were seen to East of railway. Suspected gun positions were seen and then stonked. At 1930 hrs C Coy reported having seen a white verey fired by the enemy in the direction of the STEEL FACTORY; shortly afterwards a stonk of Nebelwerfer landed in the area of the STEEL FACTORY on the railway. Shortly after this another verey light was fired in the same direction. None of the other patrols reported any movement seen. D-Day+ 146 30 October 1944 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Monday 30 October 1944 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

Friday 8 December 1944 Next Next Start Location: End Location: Quiet and uneventful. OPs reported movement in the same places as usual, i.e. ELSTEREN - WELL - PAPENBEEK area. More of the movement is gradually being established as enemy as the collated reports of the OPs all along the front take shape. Digging activity reported in area SEVEN TREES 856301. D-Day+ 185 8 December 1944 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Friday 8 December 1944 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

Saturday 2 December 1944 Next Next Start Location: End Location: Recce and orders all morning for Coy and Pl Comds. The Bn were all settled in the TIENRAY area by 1430 hrs. At 1400 hrs a message was received to the effect that during the morning the Carrier Pl were ordered to send a patrol across the MOLENBEEK to the Eastern half of WANSSUM, as civilian reports indicated that the enemy had cleared out the night before. The patrol found the place empty, so the RUR sent a Coy to occupy it. The plan for the attack was then called off and by 1700 hrs the Bn was back in the same billets, with B Coy in OOSTRUM, and the Carrier Pl in the Western half of WANSSUM. Arrangements were made for B Coy to take over GEIJSTEREN 8529 and the KASTEEL area the next day. Major CG Stonor, Lieut HA Richardson and Lieut GA Duncan and 50 ORs returned to the Bn after being wounded and in hospital in England. D-Day+ 179 2 December 1944 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Saturday 2 December 1944 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

Sunday 21 January 1945 Next Next Start Location: End Location: Another quiet cold night. One patrol located enemy riflemen firing from 904172. The enemy shelled the Coy deception area 'EDINBURGH' during the morning, and at 1400 hrs there was a fair amount of enemy mortar fire. A fix was obtained by Coy bearings at 932170 and engaged by one Bty RA. The mortaring ceased, otherwise a quiet and unexciting day. D-Day+ 229 21 January 1945 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Sunday 21 January 1945 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

Thursday 22 February 1945 Next Next Start Location: End Location: "C" & "D" Coys held a joint dance in the local hall, otherwise nothing to report. CO returned from leave in the UK. Publication of 1/K.O.S.B. Movement Order No.3 (Details under ). D-Day+ 261 22 February 1945 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Thursday 22 February 1945 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

ST ANTONIS Friday 13 October 1944 Next Next Start Location: ST ANTONIS End Location: PEELKANT At 0530 hrs the marching troops of the Bn proceeded to WOOD at 728338, and concentrated there on arrival with 'F' Echelon transport. At 1000 hrs the 'R' Group went forward to select an Assembly Area and decided on F.U.P. The Second in Command brought up the Bn at 1030 hrs to the Assembly Area in the area 745323. Bde 'O' Group Conference at 1150 hrs. Zero is fixed for 1300 hrs provisionally subject to unit comds discretion. Bn 'O' Group at 1220 hrs. Attack on WESTERN part of Wood 743305, supported by one Sqn Churchill Tanks (4th Grenadier Guards), one sqn of Flails, and one Sqn of Flamethrowers. Zero fixed finally for 1320 hrs. The Sqn of Churchill Tanks followed closely by the flails crossed the Start Line, the main X rds running WEST - EAST due north of PEELKANT 745317, at 1320 hrs, and made for cover of wood 742313 with two sections of the Carrier Pl as mobile small arms support. D and B Coys then crossed the start line at 746318 and proceeded up track and entered wood at 744312, followed closely by Tac Bn HQ. Both Coys passed through a Coy of South Lancs, who were holding the rear edge of the wood, and secured their first objectives on our line 745308 to 742308. A and C Coys were passed through and secured objectives some 300 yards further South. Coys were leapfrogged forward till the leading troops were about 200 yards from the Southern end of the wood, where the Bn consolidated, dug in and sent forward patrols to the forward edge of the wood at approx 1700 hrs. No enemy were encountered till the forward Coys got into position, and then isolated MGs opened up occasionally mostly on fixed lines and continued to do so till an hour after nightfall. From the time that the whole Bn was in the wood, the enemy put down fairly heavy Artillery, Mortar, and Nebelwerfer fire on the wood. Final positions were as follows:- Forward, left C Coy., centre D Coy., right A Coy., rear right B Coy, left S Coy, with Bn HQ in the centre at 745305. C and D Coys sent standing patrols to South edge of wood. A Coy patrol in area of 740299 heard enemy digging to the South. B Coy patrol got to within 20 yards of the ditch at 741295 when fired on. During the morning the RUR had attacked the woods to the EAST of the Bn, and had consolidated in the area of 754304. D-Day+ 129 13 October 1944 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Friday 13 October 1944 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

Wednesday 14 February 1945 Next Next Start Location: End Location: Trg as per programme. D-Day+ 253 14 February 1945 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Wednesday 14 February 1945 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =

SMAKT Thursday 26 October 1944 Next Next Start Location: SMAKT End Location: SMAKT Little shelling and mortaring during the day. What there were was of a large calibre. A Coy standing patrol reported an enemy patrol of six men coming up the railway. Except for this little enemy movement was seen during the day. Patrols as usual reported nothing unusual except two houses on fire on D Coy's right flank in area 793312, which lit up the surrounding country side. A nebelwerfer fired one charge from the East side of the railway at the 3-inch mortars. One man was shaken and subsequently evacuated. D-Day+ 142 26 October 1944 Alternative Information (from books, personal accounts) Died on this day = 0 Thursday 26 October 1944 Previous Next 0 Wounded on this day =