Battle for the Teutoburger Ridge, April 1945.

Hey Jon..thank you and yes, i think its time for a new meeting. My email adress is holten64@web.de . I hope we can see us in the early months of the next year. Tell me when you have time.

 

Pte. Raymond Griffiths, 1. Bn. Herefords.

Dear Jonathan,

Yesterday I received the sad news that Raymond Griffiths passed away in his sleep in hospital, he was 95.
He has not been well for some time and contact has been only by telephone due to restrictions placed on patients in hospitals and care homes. He has had infections and other internal problems which have resulted in his being transferred between these establishments as required.
His son John, called me with the news and will bring me up to date as soon as he has been to the hospital. He was away from home when he received the call. I have many happy memories of times we spent together in and around the Teutoburgerwald and in later years at The Monument of Tolerance in The Netherlands..
The last time you were with us was in was in July 2016 when you joined us together with Veronica and Mike on our visit to Bocketal and Ibbenburen,
It's not the news I like to have to pass on but as his son said to me, " He had touched the lives of many".
Regards,
Brian.

I salute him. Gone, but not to be forgotten.

 

Hi Jon, I see that I am two years late here, but I want to say thank you very much for the war diary pages. I am finally, after all this time, writing a very brief account of the friendly fire incident. I don't think I will use the phrase "stabbed in the back". I totally agree that it was unintentional. It was just a horrible tragedy apparently rooted in poor communication about where the KOSB troops were.