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261057 Shaw British Army 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment For some months I have been searching for information on a British soldier, named Thjou, Shaw or something like that. I have a photo of him and with the signs on his uniform he has to be a member of the 49th Infantry Division, which badge is over the Sphynx which was the badge of the Essex regiment. The 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment were at Nijmegen in the Netherlands (my birth and living place) on 6 January till May 1945. In the period a German V1-flying bomb attacked on 18th of February 1945 Nijmegen in the neighborhood of a house where British soldiers were sleeping. Thjou or Shaw was one of them and he helped the family by cleaning up the house, which was damaged by the V1 attack. He should be a cobbler and was around 28 years old in February 1945. Now I have connected several persons to get more information about him and his relatives, so far without result. Maybe you can help me with that. It should be very nice because I'm writing a small book with stories of people who lived on the place of the V1-attack and I will write something about the English soldiers who were sleeping in the house of Dutch inhabitants. Hopefully you can help me with this. In 2010 it was my father, then 80 years old (he died 6 years ago) who realized a monument for the 4 citizens which died and the many wounded people which houses were destroyed. The old people which I have spoken are all very positive about the British soldiers which give them some meat (corned beef) and chocolate in the time that food was very little available. Yearly, I'm organizing now rememberances and the primary school is involved with that. In 2010 we realised a first small book and now I have much new stories, so I will make a second little book. See this link for the first book. Ronald Ruijters Add to this record.  Related Content: 49th (West Riding) Division 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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