Beware: Repro 1 CACR titles

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Rob van Meel
On a more positive note: as the Kangaroos had a HQ set up in Tiilburg on November1, 1944, has anyone got any details on this as I live there and may try to get any then and now pictures?

Hi Rob;

HINT - The Regiment ("A" Sqn) was concentrated at Tilburg on 1 Nov 44, occuping a school. RHQ proper did not arrive in Tilburg until 2 Nov 44 and set up somewhere along the paved bank of the canal, where the vehicle park was moved to on 11 Nov 44. On 10 Nov 44, the HQ personnel moved into a school on Kloosterstraat, while "A" and "B" Sqn personnel stayed in the original school occupied by "A" Sqn on 1 Nov 44.

No address or street for the first school or exact location along the canal for the veh park (11 Nov onwards) or orderly room available. The only clue to the whereabouts of the orderly room, is that on (or after) 7 Nov, 123 LAD established themselves in a vacant flour warehouse 300 yards from the orderly room.

Hope this helps.

Cheers