112th Field regiment

Hi
Very Happy Xmas and New Year to you, and thank you for your message.
We would be very grateful if you could find Major Goddards address and phone number if possible. as we have tried everything to obtain a copy of his book, but to no avail. We cannot get it anywhere.
Thank you
Anne

 

Anne,

I will find it and pm you.....like I said in previous threads/posts on this unit...I once had 20 copies of the book for sale......but of course none left now.....

 

Hi
Thank you for your pm
I will get in touch with him after Xmas.
Many thanks for your help
Anne

 

Hi
Thank you for your pm
I will get in touch with him after Xmas.
Many thanks for your help
Anne

You are most welcome...only happy to help......

ABM.....

 

A copy available on Ebay;

 

Hello there

My Grandfather was in the 43rd and kept a diary. He also has an entry for that day although I'm not sure if the year is 44. But on that day they were to the right of "nagmegan" bridge.

Not sure if that's of any use to you

 

At the time the 43rd Wessex was involved in the fighting on what they called 'The Island', the low lying polderland between Nijmegen and Arnhem, encompassed by the rivers Waal/Rhine and Nederrijn/Lower Rhine. After the battle for Arnhem was lost this area, partly occupied by the Allies, formed a bridgehead north of the Waal/Rhine river aka Nijmegen Bridgehead. The Germans considered the Nijmegen Bridgehead a severe threat, from which new Allied offensives could be launched to the north, and therefore tried to oust the Allied troops from the area. At at the start of October they launched an offensive with several armoured Divisions under control of the 2nd SS Panzer Corps (the 9., 116. Panzer and 10. SS Panzer Divisions). The positions of the 43rd Wessex Division in and around the village of Elst and along the railway-line north of it were severly counter-attacked for several days (1 - 5 Oct 44). The German attacks on the Island lasted for about a week. The fighting was hard, but the British remained in control of the area.

See: NIJMEGEN BRIDGEHEAD: II.SS Pz Corps' counterattack in October 1944

Hope this is of assistance.

 

Hi Everyone
Can anyone help me please, my late Father lived all his life in Swindon (King William St. & Rodbourne) and joined the Royal Artillery 217/112 Battery in 1937 at the age of 16. He later trained as a cook at Aldershot, however him meet and married my Mother in Glastonbury in 1941, according to his Army records he was then with the 477 Field Battery. Could anyone give me any details of any Army camp or Military Hospital in Glastonbury around that time. Many thanks in advance