3rd Monmouthshire - Belgium Sep 1944

BFBSM · Mar 16, 2017

I am hoping someone is able to help me out. Is anyone able to tell me if the 3rd Monmouthshire were in the town/area of Teralfene (Affligem), Brabant, Belgium, in September 1944?

I have managed to glean from the following section from The Tanks, The History of the Royal Tank Regiment, by B H Liddell Hart (p. 408) that it is a definite possibility.

The 11th Armoured Division was given Antwerp, a hundred miles distant, as its objective - and 'Pip' Roberts was told by Horrocks to go straight through the city and seize the dock area. The 23rd Hussars and 3rd R.T.R. led the advance on the right and left routes respectively. The former had a smooth passage, although its tail was attacked by a Tiger, which clawed up several 'soft' vehicles. But the 3rd R.T.R. had gone only a few miles when it met opposition at Seclin, just south of Lille, which the enemy were holding in some strength. By midday the enemy fell back, after losing seven 88s in the fight, but as a result of the hold-up the 3rd R.T.R. did not cross the Belgian frontier until 4p.m. After that it pushed on fast, meeting no further serious resistance, although overtaking and shooting up a lot of enemy transport on the route - which passed through Sottegem, east of Oudenarde, Marlborough's famous battlefield. Night came, but still the regiment drove on, until at 3a.m. it had covered about seventy miles and arrived near Alost, north-west of Brussels, coming up level with the 23rd Hussars. the rest of the division halted for the night in the area between Sottegem and Alost, the 159th Brigade guarding the flank roads.
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Thanks

Mark

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