The Memorial Board, which is outside the Mairie, was unveiled on 6 June 2007 by Major Jack Watson MC, of 13th (Lancs) Para Bn and there is a Memorial Plaque inside to him.Jack died on 14 April 2011 age 94. The Board acknowledges and details the Liberation of Putot on 18/19 August and in particular the fighting amongst the houses and for the railway station. The picture shows the Mayor and Nicole Asmant who was greatly involved in establishing the Memorial. Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/the-memorial-board-which-is-outside-the-mairie-was-unveiled-on-6-june-2007-by-major-jack-watson-mc-of-13th-lancs-para-bn-and-there-is-a-memorial-plaque-inside-to-himjack-died-on-14-april-2011-age-94-the-board-acknowledges-and-details-the-liberation-of-putot-on-1819-august-and-in-particular-the-fighting-amongst-the-houses-and-for-the-railway-station-the-picture-shows-the-mayor-and-nicole-asmant-who-was-greatly-involved-in-establishing-the-memorial-image504846284.html
RM2M99MGC–The Memorial Board, which is outside the Mairie, was unveiled on 6 June 2007 by Major Jack Watson MC, of 13th (Lancs) Para Bn and there is a Memorial Plaque inside to him.Jack died on 14 April 2011 age 94. The Board acknowledges and details the Liberation of Putot on 18/19 August and in particular the fighting amongst the houses and for the railway station. The picture shows the Mayor and Nicole Asmant who was greatly involved in establishing the Memorial.
Following the Market Garden landings of 17 September 1944 and the 101st Airborne Division's fighting to capture the bridge at Best, the struggle to take the town was continued by the 15th Division on 20th September. Then came a fierce battle lasting another month. Liberation was achieved on 24 October but 120 young Scottish soldiers were killed. The situation was stabilised by the arrival of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade but, as the Germans had evacuated all civilians and the buildings were now mostly rubble, Best was empty.The Memorial is in a small park, the Koctshuistuin (literally cow's Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/following-the-market-garden-landings-of-17-september-1944-and-the-101st-airborne-divisions-fighting-to-capture-the-bridge-at-best-the-struggle-to-take-the-town-was-continued-by-the-15th-division-on-20th-september-then-came-a-fierce-battle-lasting-another-month-liberation-was-achieved-on-24-october-but-120-young-scottish-soldiers-were-killed-the-situation-was-stabilised-by-the-arrival-of-the-6th-guards-tank-brigade-but-as-the-germans-had-evacuated-all-civilians-and-the-buildings-were-now-mostly-rubble-best-was-emptythe-memorial-is-in-a-small-park-the-koctshuistuin-literally-cows-image504848993.html
RM2M99T15–Following the Market Garden landings of 17 September 1944 and the 101st Airborne Division's fighting to capture the bridge at Best, the struggle to take the town was continued by the 15th Division on 20th September. Then came a fierce battle lasting another month. Liberation was achieved on 24 October but 120 young Scottish soldiers were killed. The situation was stabilised by the arrival of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade but, as the Germans had evacuated all civilians and the buildings were now mostly rubble, Best was empty.The Memorial is in a small park, the Koctshuistuin (literally cow's
Fighting the fire which broke out in the house which The Elizabethan struck with its port wing, about 300 yards from the end of the runway. Date: 6th February 1958 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/fighting-the-fire-which-broke-out-in-the-house-which-the-elizabethan-struck-with-its-port-wing-about-300-yards-from-the-end-of-the-runway-date-6th-february-1958-image501371062.html
RM2M3KBWA–Fighting the fire which broke out in the house which The Elizabethan struck with its port wing, about 300 yards from the end of the runway. Date: 6th February 1958
Mechanical supports for the infantry of the British Army as depicted by ILN special diagrammatic artist, G. H. Davis, showing 'tankettes' with trailer wagons for transporting machine-guns together with crews on foot and two-man tanks for in-fighting. Designed to be agile and be the 'shock troops' of tomorrow (this in 1930), the platoons of in-fighters were offiically attached to battalions of the 6th and 7th Brigades. 1930 Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/mechanical-supports-for-the-infantry-of-the-british-army-as-depicted-by-iln-special-diagrammatic-artist-g-h-davis-showing-tankettes-with-trailer-wagons-for-transporting-machine-guns-together-with-crews-on-foot-and-two-man-tanks-for-in-fighting-designed-to-be-agile-and-be-the-shock-troops-of-tomorrow-this-in-1930-the-platoons-of-in-fighters-were-offiically-attached-to-battalions-of-the-6th-and-7th-brigades-1930-image501426588.html
RM2M3NXMC–Mechanical supports for the infantry of the British Army as depicted by ILN special diagrammatic artist, G. H. Davis, showing 'tankettes' with trailer wagons for transporting machine-guns together with crews on foot and two-man tanks for in-fighting. Designed to be agile and be the 'shock troops' of tomorrow (this in 1930), the platoons of in-fighters were offiically attached to battalions of the 6th and 7th Brigades. 1930
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