| Description | Hallamshire Battalion in Holland; left Ede to relieve 1/4 K.O.Y.L.I. in the Grebbe Line; unconditional surrender of enemy in Holland; list of casualties during the campaign, 14 officers killed and 41 wounded, 144 other ranks killed and 648 wounded and missing; moved to Utrecht, disarming enemy forces who had surrended; moved to Dieuren for rest and recuperation; moved to Bad Rothenfelde, south of Osnabruck, in Germany.
Appendices: 49 (W.R.) Division Internal Summary, no.129 (defences in the West Netherlands).
Hallamshire Battalion Operation Instruction, no.13, 2 May 1945 (intention to occupy positions in line). Special Order of the Day, 5 May 1945 (surrender of German forces in NW Europe). Three tracings of Battalion dispositions, defensive fire positions, and Company positions at Veenendaal.
49 (W.R.) Division Intelligence Summary, no.137; Enemy dispositions. Map of Ede, Holland sheet 387, 1:25000, defence overprint, 27 Mar 1945. Map of Renen, Holland sheet 5NE, defence overprint, 27 Mar 1945. Map of Doesburg, Holland sheet 3902, 1:25000, emergency printing revised from aerial photographs, Oct 1944. Map of Doorn, Holland sheet 386, 1:250000, defence overprint, edition 13 Apr 1945. Map of Woerden, Holland,sheet 375, 1:25000, emergency printing from a first edition 1944 (USA). Map of Vinkeveen, Holland sheet 367, 1:25000, first edition 1943 (USA). Map of Utrecht, Holland sheet 376, 1:25000, first edition 1943 (USA). |