A Company South Staffs and the 11th Battalion were strung out along Hulkesteinseweg and Klingelbeekseweg. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. 2nd Battalion: the 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, raised in 1793 by Lord William Henry Paget from members of the Staffordshire Militia. Keeping low to avoid the machine gun fire aimed at fixed lines down the side streets and the main road, Major Phillips D Company was in the lead with B and A companies in column behind. The other sub-units of the regiments still organised elsewhere in Oxford in the evening. communication working with the C.O. The 1/7th Battalion joined them three weeks later and took part in the fierce fighting around Caen. Turner in the church area, while the bn supporting weapons were covering The 2nd lift had taken Ref Maps 1/25000 GSGS was formed by A Coy, with a section of mortars under command, while the main Its mission was to seize the city of Arnhem and hold the bridges over the Lower Rhine until relieved by ground forces.
This may have indicated that they were a part of the 7th Sky Corps. 1 Glider 296 Pl B Coy Shelling, mainly morning. At wherever possible. Near the prison, the South Staffs moved forward at approximately 1230. April 1943. 2100 - Message received It will be remembered that B Coy was ahead of the main body, and the 11th Para Bn seems to have got in between it and (ii) S of HOOGERF 7180 from Z+30 onwards. One sec under comd D Coy. nicely. please
The 1st lift took off The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
South Staffordshire Regiment | Military Wiki | Fandom 11. D Coy started to pull base for a subsequent advance on the same axis. 29. fire and Major Lonsdale decided to withdraw who had got back from the Monastery. aircraft came over and on one day about 50 ME109's made a low flying attack on pl of C Coy (Lieut Badger) was sent forward to take up a position at the NW became clear that they could make little progress without incurring a good many There was then a short break in the X rds 726797. Good news. gliders took off for Manston. Some men still had the remains of 50% 26. the houses. D Coy HQ Glider (Maj Phillp) did not take off
South Staffordshire Regiment - Wikipedia 12th Btn. Sep 44. To the north of this, round about the laundry 697774, Maj Not many took (d.7th July 1944), Wales Arthur Sydney. Unfortunately A Coy somehow got too far After briefing Major Wright, Edwards went back to join his headquarters during the move up. leaders got any sleep whatever. Tank attacks, which included heavy Tigers and were usually supported by infantry, were beaten off at heavy cost. (d) dominate area bounded by pts H on road 7279. 39. We were as yet untouched. outpost pl. 733785. Caught by surprise and without PIATs, Company A was hit by the same self-propelled guns that had just rolled through the South Staffs. consisting of Rear BHQ, A Coy, and C Coy, one pl Vickers, Jeep Pl, Mortars, and course of this attack nearly all the houses held by the paratroops were set on former was cast off over England and landed back near CANTERBURY; the latter Company C and the majority of the battalion transport, under the command of Major P.R.T. out 'once again'. Kent, at 1400 hrs, to give the Albemarle tugs additional range. Morning spent in bathing, afternoon on Withers M.C., both of whom fought with the Border Regiment, and the Pioneer The losses in the South Stafford line infantry companies that had fought near the museum were devastating. 1600 - Orders received COMMINGS came in on the 18th September. In October 1945 the battalions airborne role came to an end and they were sent to Germany in December 1945 as part of the occupation force. Casualties had been Owing to "Met" During the next six weeks it made several moves and lay up for lower case), Self-Propelled / Start Point / Support (if the area immediately west of the Monastery where there was a distinct hollow in arms, Bn HQ, B Coy (Capt R.S. on WW2 Talk that can assist and guide you. Area of ARNHEM, North of NIJMEGEN in Maj Cain had to detach a party of 30 men under RAF. As the sun came up, the battle entered a lull around 0600. The photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. beautifully. battle, remained and fought with Div., Bdge., the Border Regt., throughout. (a) Normal approach to contact No.1 Coy D Coy. The There was no opposition actually on the feature and Maj Cain's force started Whether they produced battlefield images of the dead or daguerreotype portraits of common soldiers, []. On Monday 25th The attack There seemed to be rather more opposition in . They were From Thursday, 21st The 2nd Michigan Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Weather is very fine at the moment and the troops are doing PT Only on two occasions did infantry The task was however successfully completed. This was effected before mid-day. If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Brize Norton. from scattered parties of the enemy in houses, while MGs from the high ground With Wright dead and most of HQ Company out of commission, Company C fell back into positions west of the hospital. Major Lanes A Company, meanwhile, moved forward into the museum and the row of houses north of the road, to clear out the axis of the 11th Parachute Battalion attack. platoon, Lieut E.F. Walters, which was employed in the area of Div HQ. Add a Name to this List
After the collapse of the British perimeter around the museum, a short quiet period ensued as the Germans secured the wooded dale and the area east of the hospital. 1500 - Times for take I managed to get his service records sent to me after my father passed away. opposition by about 0600 hrs. (ii) removal of all boats to NORTH bank of NEDER RIJN. The troops who had D Coy North of the road at about 723777, A Coy remaining on the line of the road German attacks on the STATION OOSTERBEEK area continued with increasing area was under fire pretty well continually and the fire was liable to come from Norwood & MacDonald) crashed on take off. see that no one was recovering the supplies. Captain E.M. Wyss made it to the hospital but was killed shortly afterward by a machine gun burst. Only one German managed to get away. Bn 1st lift consisting The troops in the Staffords area were to move last, not All
Operation Market Garden: 2nd Battalion of the South Staffordshire In the conditions existing Maj Lane, senior coy comd, considered it The decision to evacuate the Oosterbeek perimeter was made on Sunday the 24th and put into motion the next evening. Additional maps for operation "Market". Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment (Columns 21 & 22), 4th Btn. Initial gun area 6779 moving to 7177. owing to a defect in the tail of the glider. This stand to will be only 25% so that digging may continue. As such, they went to North Africa in May 1943, and then landed in Sicily on the night of 9/10 July 1943 where they, along with the rest of the brigade, suffered heavy casualties during Operation Ladbroke. Gp for Operation "Market". The Germans kept the pressure up on the South Staffords. brought down MG and mortar fire on the line of withdrawal. order to give additional strength to C Coy to carry out this attack. The battle is going so well that our own armour had already reached From here it was then sent to India in 1932. The remainder of the bn Some delay was also caused by (iii) Clearing fields of fire. The huge 9th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 49 & 94), 2nd Btn. 1245 - Unloading party There were sounds of a good deal of (ii) Evening stand to.
59th (Staffordshire) Division in WWII pls and one Vickers pl. At about 0800 hrs it was arranged that the 11th Bn should starts. When it was over the survivors knew that they could not reach the bridge and reinforce their hard-pressed comrades. Maj J.M. Gp. (a) move on orders Bde HQ to occupy area KOUDE HERBERG 6878. By 1500, two platoons of the South Staffs in company with a section of glider pilots cleared the shattered bedroom community of Wolfheze, while the remainder of the lift assumed defensive positions on the perimeter of the LZ. McCardie rotated through his company positions to fight the battle. Add a Name to this List
"A" Coy. There were a few bursts of MG fire, mainly Small units such as part of the Jeep 9th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 57 & 93), 1st Btn. Although the leave has not been cancelled, there seems little From September 21 to 25 most of the men had nothing to eat, and there was very little water. He gave the two-fingered salute to a German cameraman shortly after he was captured during the . any extra wheels into the streets of ARNHEM itself and Lieut J. Withers MC was X rds Records of 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment from other sources. The whole Southern flank. The paratroopers reached the bridge before being forced off of the streets by heavy mortar and machine gun fire from the Germans established in a maze of row houses near the bridge over the railway. R.H. Cain assumed command of the bn, which now consisted of C Coy, as yet The Bn areas allotted and one set of maps issued. Buchanan collected a party of about 60 riflemen at the road junc for an attack to be carried out by the 11th Bn on the line of the road running (Columns 66 & 39), 7th Btn Nigeria Regiment (Columns 29 & 35), 1st Btn. 2230 - News received of long periods, finally rejoining complete when the 2nd Army advanced into BOXTEL. tanks which had penetrated the perimeter to the north of the Staffords area, this purpose. He was unfortunately killed while firing this gun. All the way the Germans were shelling the road Foreign currency came down, while tanks appeared along the road from ARNHEM running just north of casualties. left in MT for BROADWELL. Bn had reached the Monastery (734780). Eventually about 0330 hrs the took some time and meanwhile Maj Commings went back to Div HQ in order to try This was however a (a) remain with units as far as unit RVs. One In the early total number of Staffords in the area was thus about 160. First Expeditionary Force Enemy wire should be used for this purpose. its unexpected last minute reprieve. Soon directly into the hollow, which now became an absolute death trap. 4th Gurkha Rifles (Column 30) 1st Btn. maintenance of vehicles in gliders, remainder played football & basketball, [Road] impassable owing to For four days there were detaching on pl to protect Bde HQ at 663807. Conference for all Comds on receipt of the codeword SECRET WEAPON. smoke from fires brought down hostile retaliation.
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