Hello All A shot in the dark, and as I like to be 'particular'; I am looking for the actual bridging point on the Santerno made by the 1/5th Gurkha Rifles, April 1945. I have the grid references for the bridgehead area, but have yet to find the bridging grid - other than going to the TNA, a trek for me for this one point. Regards James
There's a site that converts GRs to Lat-Long so you can look them up on Google Earth or similar. Someone else will surely post the link as I can't find it.
Hi I think this is the site you need. I have found it particularly useful but you need to be able to work out which sheet 'letters' to put in front of the numbers . I would guess wm of the north Italy series but I am sure there will be more qualified people who can help than I. http://www.echodelta.net/mbs/eng-welcome.php
Thanks for your input friends, I am aware of the co-ordinates conversion and have used them a number of times. However I am looking for the grid references, as would be given in the operational orders of the 1/5th Gurkhas or 17th Indian Brigade for operation Buckland. Regards James
James I may be going there in a few weeks. Do you happen to know the Engineer unit which did the bridging? It may be a quicker search for me in their diary.
and the Senio before it... Note approach road codenames and directions marked as well. (BOAT, CUP, KNOT, etc). The Kiwis were on the left flank, with the boundary passing just north of Lugo, though in the end the Gurkhas cleared it. I'll search through the docs for the grid references they give, but this should get you started. I'd say PULMAN is 314433, COCKNEY 317437, unnamed 318439, Ark at 324448 unnamed at 322452, and a class 9 at 462355.
Awe hell, what can I say, but a great many thanks+ for all your work. I will now be able, again, to get closer to the scene of the action. The members of this site always amaze me, coming up trumps most, if not all the time. Once again thanks very much James
This overlays the map on Google Earth. Interestingly one of the bridging points is now a permanent road. I wonder if it is still a Bailey? When you visit you should at least find access easy, and GE seems to show a cafe or two in the village of Ca di Lugo.
Great many thanks again for your work Ropey, I will transfer the grid ref's to the original copy and modern day copies of maps I have, and look forward to getting out there again. Pity I didn't know about this site, and have as much info as I do now, before I went out there last time! Regards James
