Dienstnummer:

39270

Nationaliteit:

Britse

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14 august 1944 WO 171/1396 - 1 Worcestershire Regiment
130 Bde. operation "EXCEISTOR" Bn. moved to area 8839 at 07.00 hrs. Left area 8839 at 17.45 hrs for area 8739. "D" Coy now under comd 5 Dorsets. Bn. reverted to comd 214 Bde. W/Lt. Hunt missing. T/Maj. Clover T.O.S. this unit. T/Capt. M. Rowlands T.O.S. this unit.

31 august 1944 WO 171/1396 - 1 Worcestershire Regiment
Comd. Officer. Lieut.-Col. R. E. Osborne-Smith 2 i/c ......... Adjt. Capt. Leadbeater. "A" Coy Comd. Maj. Gibbins. "B" Coy Comd. Maj. A. A. Grubb. "C" Coy Comd. Maj. Clover. "D" Coy Comd. Maj. M. M. Souper. "S" Coy Comd. Capt. Hodge. "HQ" Coy Comd. Capt. A. M. Ford.

27 april 1945 WO 171/5292 - 1 Worcestershire Regiment
Moved off 03.15 hrs and settled in new location by 06.00 hrs - Area buildings North of BURGER PARK. Bn was given the task of clearing some 6,000 sq. yrds of BREMEN with the rly line as the boundary between us and 52 (L) Div. Final "O" Group 10.20 hrs and with "A" Coy leading Bn moved at 11.45 hrs and established themselves in the triangle of railway lines and "C" Coy passed through. The opposition was light consisting of snipers and hastily constructed rd blocks. By 17.00 hrs Bn was firmly established in Northern BREMEN as far NORTH as the railway loop. Lt.-Col. A. A. Grubb M.C. was injured (and evacuated) from fragments of a petard which was destroying a road block. Maj J. D. Ricketts D.S.O. assumed command of Bn with Major J. Clover as 2 i/c. Very slight shelling NORTH of town and some trouble with displaced persons - otherwise BREMEN was quiet. Total P.W. for day - 47.

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