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Those known to have fought in Operation Veritable - Battle of the Reichswald during the Second World War 1939-1945. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
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Want to know more about Operation Veritable - Battle of the Reichswald? There are:57 items tagged Operation Veritable - Battle of the Reichswald available in our Library
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B. McIvor 9th Btn. Cameronians (d.8th Feb 1945) Near Nijmegen was a temporary Cemetery originally made by the Grenadier
Guards in September 1944 during the operation Market Garden.
At the start of the Operation Veritable in Feb 1945 in this cemetery
also a few members of the 9th Battalion Cameronians were buried.
We noticed the following names:
B. McIvor killed 8 feb ( 14748601)
B. Evenden killed 9th fe.(14730325)
W.R. Ramsay killed 9th feb (14404830)
We are writing an article on this cemetery and would be pleased to get
more information on the fallen people.
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Pte. James Albert Clifford D Coy., 1st Btn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry My Dad, James Clifford was conscripted into the Army at 18 years of age in June 1944. He completed training and joined his unit in October 1944. Fought in France, Belgium and Holland. He fought in the Battle for Roermond and took part in Operation Veritable in the Reichswald Forest. He was injured in late February 1945 during a mortar attack. He returned to the UK and did not leave hospital until October 1947. He was discharged from the Army in November 1947.
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Tpr. Kenneth Samuel Charles Hooper 6 Troop 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment Kenneth Hooper served with 6 Troop, 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment in WW2. He was part of Operation Veritable.
He was captured on 12th of February 1945 near Cleve on the Siegfried Line. Transferred to Stalag XIB, he spent 6 weeks in hospital suffering from a wound in head. Kenneth was liberated on 16th April.
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