This photo is similar to another one taken by Tom Italiaander in Feb-Mar 1944 at the back of what seems to be one of the Dutch Troop HQs in Eastbourne.
Posted by Duncan Cramer on Sat 12 Aug 2023 05:13:38 EDT
Brought up in Eastbourne. Died in Holland in 1945.
Posted by Duncan Cramer on Thu 10 Aug 2023 02:54:17 EDT
Part of a larger photo of Adrianus Hagelaars with Herman de Leeuw taken by Tom Italiaander in August 1944 outside the Dutch Troop HQ in Eastbourne.
Posted by Duncan Cramer on Thu 10 Aug 2023 02:46:33 EDT
It certainly looks like my father. He went to Poona, was attached to McIlroy's 505th PIR Medical Detachment at Groesbeek and 47 RM at Dishoek, Walcheren where he was one of the 7 Dutch commandos wounded. After the war, he joined Unilever, spent 11 years in Trinidad and died in Bromley on 16 May 1971.
Posted by Duncan Cramer on Thu 10 Aug 2023 01:18:00 EDT
Correction: This photo was taken in on December 6th, 1943 in Portmadoc, Wales.
Posted by Scott Draycott on Fri 10 Feb 2023 15:58:47 EST
The only reproduction here is the No. 10 Commando patch as it is extremely difficult to find an original from a collection these days.
Posted by Scott Draycott on Fri 10 Feb 2023 15:55:56 EST
This picture was taken in Conconada, India in July, 1944 as they were taking the train "Back From The Jungle."
Posted by Scott Draycott on Fri 10 Feb 2023 15:50:33 EST
They appear to be Lewis guns which although being replaced by the Bren gun for most infantry use in World War 2 , they were still being used in World War II.
Posted by Scott Draycott on Fri 10 Feb 2023 15:09:55 EST
Dutch Troops Training In Stratford, Ontario.
This picture was taken in 1942 in Stratford, Ontario.
Notice the label to the left on the train car that reads: Canadian National which was the Canadian National Railroad whose Shops were located on Downie Street in Stratford, Ontario during World War II.
Posted by Scott Draycott on Fri 10 Feb 2023 15:02:55 EST
Training in Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Photo was taken in 1942 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
Notice the old machine guns from World War 1 that the Dutch troops were given to train with.
Posted by Scott Draycott on Fri 10 Feb 2023 14:56:54 EST
This picture was taken in Stratford, Ontario, Canada in 1942.
Dutch volunteers who were living abroad when Holland was invaded by the NAZIS, were told to report to Canada for training to liberate Holland. They were stationed in a building which was the former McLagan Furniture Factory located on 93 Trinity Street in Stratford, Ontario which was transformed into the Princess Juliana Barracks. The Dutch troops were trained here from January 1941 until Autumn 1942 when many left for England to be assigned to different military units.
Posted by Scott Draycott on Fri 10 Feb 2023 14:52:41 EST
On Board the Troopship RMS. Alcantara. Returning from Bombay to Liverpool. July 18, 1944.
Posted by Scott Draycott on Fri 10 Feb 2023 14:42:30 EST
Kedgaon, India. March, 1944.
Posted by Scott Draycott on Fri 10 Feb 2023 13:22:13 EST
Back From The Jungle
Kedgaon, India. March, 1944.
Posted by Scott Draycott on Fri 10 Feb 2023 13:19:57 EST
