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Old 19-12-20, 13:59
Alex van de Wetering Alex van de Wetering is offline
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Thanks for the replies everyone.

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Originally Posted by David Dunlop View Post
Alex.

There are some photos on this site of the castle prior to and right after the battle.

David


http://www.castlesontheweb.com/photo...417&sessionid=
Thanks David; I've found the same pictures from multiple sources....I am still hoping one day a picture will pop op showing "Avalon" knocked out in the field.



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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra View Post
Speaking of the 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons), have you seen this history ?

http://www.westminsterdragoons.co.uk...pe_1944-45.pdf

As the main site www.westminsterdragoons.co.uk seems to be gone, I have uploaded the file for safekeeping here.
Yes, I mentioned it earlier in this thread. Thanks for saving the PDF though.....with the site gone already, it might be a matter of time until the pdf is taken down too.



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Someone's home.....

David
Yes, definitely a sad story. Most of Broekhuizen was turned into rubble and had to be rebuilt post-war. Sadly the battle also took the lives of several civilians, which saw their small village turned into a small fortress by the Germans, in an attempt to keep the allies from crossing the Maas river.
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