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Old 31-05-10, 11:45
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Sherman Hybrid IC Firefly. Unit sign "174".
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Old 31-05-10, 14:50
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Sherman Hybrid IC Firefly. Unit sign "174".
AoS Serial 174 - 12th Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment), C.A.C. (1st Cdn Armd Bde)
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Old 31-05-10, 21:27
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Thanks Mark!

Now I need to figure out how & when these units operated in the western part of Holland.

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Old 31-05-10, 21:33
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Some pictures of the liberation parade on 5 May this year:
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Hanno,
great to see some liberation shots from our area!

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Old 05-05-15, 21:22
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Another liberation parade on 5 May this year, part of the Bollenstreek Liberation Tour. Great crowd in Hillegom!

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Hanno, now you know why I was pointing at the building...

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Hanno, now you know why I was pointing at the building...
Alex, excellent "Then & Now" photography

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Old 31-05-10, 23:34
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Thanks Mark!

Now I need to figure out how & when these units operated in the western part of Holland.

Hanno
Hanno;

The answer is on this forum somewhere, I remember responding to the same question before. Elements of the I Canadian Corps began crossing the Grebbe Line into the Western Netherlands the morning of 7th May 1945, when the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division took over the 88th German Corps' area about Utrecht, extending from the Ijsselmeer to the Lek. On the morning of 8th May 1945, 1st Canadian Infantry Division took control of the 30th German Corps' area in the remaining territory to the west.

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The answer is on this forum somewhere, I remember responding to the same question before. Elements of the I Canadian Corps began crossing the Grebbe Line into the Western Netherlands the morning of 7th May 1945, when the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division took over the 88th German Corps' area about Utrecht, extending from the Ijsselmeer to the Lek. On the morning of 8th May 1945, 1st Canadian Infantry Division took control of the 30th German Corps' area in the remaining territory to the west.
Mark, excellent!

This will help my search tremendously.

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Old 02-06-10, 15:14
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Mark, excellent!

This will help my search tremendously.

Thanks!

Hanno
Hi Hanno;

Some more notes from an earlier post regarding this topic can be found on page 2 of the thread entitled: 'GM Foxes in N.West Europe' in the Armour Forum, located here: http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?p=106087&highlight=Riding#post10608 7

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