Strathconas? in Groningen?

[Colin Alford]

Peter,

In case you haven’t yet accessed it, the Strathcona’s April ‘45 War Diary can be found here: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/o...eel_t12570/846

I haven’t read it enough to fully understand the movements of the regiment, but the 23 Apr entry seems to indicate the the tanks remained at the airfield in Eelde (South-West of Groningen) while the majority of the regiment deployed North of the Groningen in soft-skinned veh.

I haven’t been able to properly view your linked film as it keeps freezing up, then jumping ahead, on me.

Given your timings of 48:37 to 49:19, it seems that there is a description for “fragment 187” which includes the name Orangebuurt. Apparently, there is an Orangebuurt neighbourhood in Groningen, but a look at Google Maps street view doesn’t seem to provide any visual matches with your screenshots.

I haven’t looked at the May ‘45 diary to see if any of the movements of the regiment provides any clues as to where the footage was filmed.

Colin