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1Lt. Hendrik vandenBerg
Dutch Army 4th Infantry Unit
from:Alphen a/d Rijn
My father, Henk van den Berg joined the army in Holland on 31st of March 1938, rising to the rank of Sergeant. He had to go into hiding when the Germans invaded Holland and joined the resistance.
He was transferred to the Dutch troops in England in March 1946 and was based in Catterick and Burniston Barracks Scarborough where he trained British troops before they were sent out to Korea.
Whilst in Catterick he met my Mum, Patricia Smale, who was with the ATS in Whitby.
They married on 5th of March 1946 in Alphen a/d Rijn and stayed in Holland for 2 years before settling in the UK.
He died in 1998 in a care home in Milton Keynes.