| Description | Hallamshire Battalion moved to Mill en route to Nijmegan, Holland; considerable flooding of areas reported. Battalion in training at Nijmegan; D Company reformed under Capt. C.A. McKillop from reinforcements sent from 50th Division. Battalion in positions at Bemmel; patrols carried out. Eleven of the enemy approached under a white flag to collect their dead but their story was not believed and so the party was captured and taken to the rear lines for interrogation.
Appendices: Five Movement Orders, 1 Dec 1944-21 Dec 1944. Two Operation Instructions. Nine Patrol Programmes 22-23 Dec 1944 to 31 Dec 1944-1 Jan 1945. Patrol Orders for Operation Speed, 30 Dec 1944. B Company Patrol Report for night of 30-31 Dec 1944. Personal Message from the C.-in-C. 21st Army Group, Field Marshall Montgomery. Personal Message from the Army Commander, 1st Canadian Army, Gen H.D.G. Crerar. Personal Message from Commander 49th West Riding Infantry Division, Maj. Gen. G.H.A. MacMillian. Message from Supreme Commander, 22 Dec 1944. Map of Arnhem East, Holland sheet 6NN, 1:25,000, revised Nov 1944. |