hi i am new here and from arnhem and am especially interested in war diaries of market garden in this region and in groesbeek region, and also like to read personal stories from eyewitnesses. feel free to say anything Greetings ps: my english isn't great
Welcome to the forum. Only briefly been to Arnhem once & drove across the bridge. We have a few members with a far greater interest than I.
Canton75 The following War Diaries can be found at: The Pegasus Archive War Diary Collection 1st Airborne Division Divisional Headquarters Divisional Headquarters Headquarters, Royal Artillery Headquarters, Royal Engineers Headquarters, Royal Army Service Corps Headquarters, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Headquarters, Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Parachute Brigade Brigade Headquarters 1st Parachute Battalion 2nd Parachute Battalion 3rd Parachute Battalion 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA 1st Parachute Squadron, RE 16 Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC 4th Parachute Brigade Brigade Headquarters 156 Parachute Battalion 10th Parachute Battalion 11th Parachute Battalion 2nd (Oban) Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA 4th Parachute Squadron, RE 133 Parachute Field Ambulance, RAMC 1st Airlanding Brigade Brigade Headquarters 1st Battalion The Border Regiment 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment 7th (Galloway) Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers Divisional Units 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, RA 1 Forward (Airborne) Observation Unit, RA 1st Airborne Divisional Signals 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron "A" Troop "C" Troop "D" Troop 21st Independent Parachute Company 9th Field Company, RE 261 (Airborne) Field Park Company, RE 1st (Airborne) Divisional Ordnance Field Park, RAOC 1st (Airborne) Divisional Provost Company, CMP Attached Units Headquarters, Commander Glider Pilots No.1 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment "A" Squadron "B" Squadron "D" Squadron "G" Squadron No.2 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment Seaborne Echelon Divisional Headquarters Headquarters, Royal Army Service Corps Headquarters, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1st Parachute Brigade 2nd Parachute Battalion 1st Airlanding Brigade 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Airlanding Light Regiment 93 (Airborne) Composite Company, RASC 250 (Airborne) Light Composite Company, RASC 261 (Airborne) Field Park Company, RE 1st (Airborne) Divisional Field Park, RAOC 1st (Airborne) Divisional Workshop, REME 1st Airborne Divisional Postal Unit 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade Group Brigade Headquarters 1st British Airborne Corps Headquarters, Glider Pilots Headquarters, Royal Engineers Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Branch Deputy Director Mechanical Engineers Branch 2nd British Army 4th Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment 64th Medium Regiment, RA 84th (Sussex) Medium Regiment, RA 20th Field Company, RCE 23rd Field Company, RCE 204th Field Company, RE 260th Field Company, RE Royal Air Force 38 Group 190 Squadron 196 Squadron 295 Squadron 296 Squadron 297 Squadron 298 Squadron 299 Squadron 570 Squadron 620 Squadron 644 Squadron 46 Group 48 Squadron 233 Squadron 271 Squadron 437 (RCAF) Squadron 512 Squadron 575 Squadron Air Despatch Group Headquarters 48 Air Despatch Group RASC 49 Air Despatch Group RASC 63rd Composite Company, RASC 253rd Composite Company, RASC You will also find many biographies and photo's
know that site already found a lot of information there but as an example there is also a lot of fighting on lichtenberg to reach the high ground the kopel tye but I don't find much about that
I hope someone here can help you! If not, you might want to get in touch with fellow Arnhem area resident R G Poulussen on twitter who has researched the operation a lot and written two books. (@rgpoulussen)
Dear canton75, have you seen/listened to these? Steve Morgan is sadly no longer with us, but at least we have his account courtesy of youtube. Always remember, never forget, Jim
Hi Canton 75 Welcome to the Forum. I parachuted onto the Ginkel Heide a great many times between 1965 and 1984. This was as part of the annual Commemorative Jump by 10th (Vol) Battalion Parachute Regiment. There is a Face Book Page dedicated to the wartime 10th Battalion with many personal stories of the battle. There are several Dutch contributors. Friends of the Tenth The Tenth Battalions War Diaries were allegedly buried when the last defenders of their position were about to be overrun, They have never been found,maybe best to leave them as it was said they were Booby trapped with a couple of Grenades
Hi Canton 75, Welcome! Here is one to get you started; not a War Diary but a POW record for Driver Percival Batsford 250th (Airborne) Light Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps, 1st Airborne Division. View attachment 298211 Regards Bruneval
Yes ... but main interest is post OMG (Over-Betuwe Oct 1944 and Rhineland and Rhine Crossing Feb & March 1945) ... the detour around Arnhem ... so to say .
the most information that i have comes from the first airborne document and now i know ho you can convert gridnumbers to google maps locations
Hi my dad was part of the Ist Airborne Div he was captured and taken P.O.W. I don't know very much about his experiences as he rarely talked about it. When he died I came across this copy, I thought it may be of interest to you.
