| Description | Hallamshire Battalion at Bemmel, Holland; patrols carried out and areas occupied by Hallamshire Battalion snipers; enemy attempts to infiltrate through Battalion's front line. Fighting, reconnaissance and standing patrols carried out; Lt. Godlee led a patrol that resulted in several casualties. Positions taken over by 2nd Essex Regiment and the Battalion moved back to Nijmegan.
Appendices: Patrol operation order for Operation Small, 2 Jan 1945, plus patrol programme 2-3 Jan 1945. Patrol operation order for Operation Bigger, 3 Jan 1945, plus patrol programme 3-4 Jan 1945. Patrol programme for 4-5 Jan 1945. Operation Instruction no. 3, 4 Jan 1945 (Plan for relief of Hallamshire Battalion by 1/4th K.O.Y.L.I.). Operation Instruction no. 4, 4 Jan 1945. Patrol programme for new area, 5 Jan 1945. Patrol programme for 9-10 Jan 1945. Patrol programme for new area 9 Jan 1945. Operation Order no. 1, 10 Jan 1945 (Battalion to relieve 4th Lincolnshire Regiment on 12 Jan 1945). Fourteen Patrol programmes 10-11 Jan 1945 to 24-25 Jan 1945. Harassing Fire Tasks, Haalderen, Jan 1945. Message form re: reliefs, 14 Jan 1945. Operation Order no. 2, 18 Jan 1945 (Relief of Battalion by 2nd Essex Regiment on 21 Jan 1945). Administration Order no 1, 18 Jan 1945. Amendment to Hallamshire Battalion Operation Order, no.2, 18 Jan 1945. Hallamshire Battalion Operational Instruction 29 Jan 1945 (Hallamshire Battalion are the Division's Counter attack Battalion from 30 Jan to 9 Feb 1945 and are at 4 hours notice to move). Report on the situation regarding the recapture of Zetten, 31 Jan 1945. Training Instruction no 3. 24 Jan 1945. |