12th Manitoba Dragoons

(18th Armoured Car Regiment)

3 t/m  23 februari & 15 t/m 21 maart 1945


   

July 8th and 9th 1944:

Regiment lands at Juno Beach in Normandy

 

February 3rd 1945:

Regiment moves to Dreumel and Wamel. Lacking suitable buildings, headquarters is moved to Megen.

 

February 24th 1945:

Regiment moves to Groesbeek, later on to  Kleef because of Rhine offensive

 

March 12th 1945:

Regiment returns to Dreumel and Wamel.

 

March 20th 1945:

Regiment moves to Groesbeek and takes positions in the  Reichs forest.

 

 

 

 
February 1945: Machine gun along the Maasdyk in front of the house of the Jan van Hoften family February 1945: Jack Stewart and Rudy (?) in de Rooijsestraat in front of the house of the van Lith family (opposite R.C.Church)
   
   
February 1945: R.C.Church after some direct hits Februariy 1945: photograph probably taken at Ewijk (at the back a storage barn)
   
 
   
somewhere in Holland  
   
 
   
Don McEachern Percy (Pat) Jones Tpr. R.O. Crawley