| Description | Hallamshire Battalion in Holland in training for Operation Destroyer. Passed through Haalderen to clear Neder Rijn; moved via Zand; Battalion to clear Elden; halted by Germans at Eronenburg; patrol led by Lt. Edgson crossed the Neder Rijn; Battalion relieved by B Sqn. Recce Regt. and moved to Oosterhout to prepare for Operation Anger, the storming of Arnhem. Battalion took part in Operation Anger; fought through Arnhem into De Steegh and onto Dieren; moved into wrecked barracks in Arnhem following the attack; moved to Wolfheze; took part in training for operation to clear Western Hollland; operation cancelled due to enemy threat to flood the area; report from a member of the patrol captured at De Hoeven Farm.
Appendices: Operation Order, no.5, 1 Apr 1945 (Hallamshire Battalion to clear Tzand). Two Patrol programmes. Two Movement orders. Hallamshire Battalion Administrative Instruction, no. 10, 11 Apr 1945 (Operation Anger). Movement order 25 Apr 1945. Hallamshire Battalion Operation Instruction, no. 27, Apr 1945 and no. 12, 30 Apr 1945. Two Intelligence summaries. Map of Ginkel (West) Holland sheet 388, defence overprint, 21 Mar 1945. Map of Ginkel (East) Holland sheet 388, defence overprint, 21 Mar 1945. Map of Doesburg, Eastern Holland, sheet 3902, defence overprint, 19 Mar 1945. |