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Oct 1944 Advance Continues 16th Oct 1944 Advance 16th of October 1944 Attack on Venray 17th Oct 1944 Gains 27th Oct 1944 Divisional Tasks 3rd Nov 1944 Reliefs 11th Nov 1944 In Action 15th of November 1944 Attack Planned 21st Nov 1944 In Action 22nd of November 1944 Orders 24th Nov 1944 Patrols 24th Nov 1944 Attacks Made 25th Nov 1944 In Action 16th January 1945  On the Move 19th January 1945  In Action Feb 1945 Carrier Platoon   Men of the carrier platoon of 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment, 11th Armoured Division, February 1945. © IWM (BU 1829) 8th Mar 1945 Liaison Officers 9th Mar 1945 On the Move 10th Mar 1945 Maintenance 17th Mar 1945 Preparations 28th Mar 1945 Advance 29th Mar 1945 Recconaissance 30th Mar 1945 Mines 31st Mar 1945 Advance 1st Apr 1945 Quiet April 1945 Reorganisation 2nd Apr 1945 Poor Weather 3rd Apr 1945 In Action 4th Apr 1945 Patrols 5th Apr 1945 Stiff Opposition 6th Apr 1945 Air Attacks 7th Apr 1945 Enemy Active 7th Apr 1945 V Weapons 8th Apr 1945 Hard Fighting 9th Apr 1945 Advance 10th Apr 1945 Opposition 11th Apr 1945 Patrols 12th Apr 1945 Negotiations 13th Apr 1945 Bridges 14th Apr 1945 Slow Advance 15th Apr 1945 Typhus 16th Apr 1945 In Action 17th Apr 1945 Little Opposition 18th Apr 1945 Good Progress 19th Apr 1945 Ultimatum 20th Apr 1945 Enemy Troops 21st Apr 1945 Patrols 22nd Apr 1945 Prisoners Taken 28th Apr 1945 Patrols 29th Apr 1945 Orders 30th Apr 1945 On the Move 1st May 1945 Patrols 2nd May 1945 Rapid Progress 3rd May 1945 Prisoners 4th May 1945 Orders 5th May 1945 Surrender 6th May 1945 Traffic Control 7th May 1945 Flag Raised 8th May 1945 Crossing Points If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 11th Armoured Division during the Second World War 1939-1945. Billen Cliff. Stollar Edward. Gnr. Veal Kitchener David. Cpl. Young George. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 27th April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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There are:219 items tagged 11th Armoured Division available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.