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diaries and photo albums also give more details of places she
served after D Day as the following entries illustrate:
June 16th, 1944: Land in
Normandy with 86th (BR) general Hospital. Billeted in tents in
convent grounds at La Deliverande (it was here that Freda
shook hands with Monty).
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Freda was billeted in tents in
the convent grounds at La Delivrande
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The lower of these two
photographs was the Convent at La Delivrande
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Notre Dame Basilica at La
Delivrande
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Luc Sur Mer - two miles from
La Delivrande
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August 2nd, 1944: Unit moved to
Ryes three miles from Asnelles, taken to see the prefabricated port at Arromanche.
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Views of Asnelles
taken from Freda's scrapbook |
August 27th, 1944: The unit
moves to Rugle.
September 4th, 1944: To Amien
September 8th, 1944: In
Brussels 5 days after the Germans have left (they take over a
hospital full of wounded troops).
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Photographs of
Brussels again taken from Freda's scrapbooks |
September 14th, 1944; Move to
Diest, still under canvas.
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Diest
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People and
places from Diest - Images taken from Fred's
scrapbooks
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October 29th, 1944: Holland -
Eindhoven- in buildings at last - a training college for
priests now used as a hospital.
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Above are
general shots of Eindhoven
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A training
college for catholic priests which was used as the
hospital
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A view of the
college and chapel and the entrance to the wards
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A theatre which
was made into two wards and a corridor leading to the
wards
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November 24th, 1944: Mum and
Win posted to Eisden in Belgium with No 10 (BR) CCS. The
hospital is in a school and they are billeted with the chief
engineer.
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The above four
views are of the mining town of Eisden. Photographs of
Freda at the time and the family she stayed with are
available in the photographic gallery. |
February 2nd, 1945: Back to
Holland - set up hospital at Grave in a barracks.
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In her
scrapbook Freda commented that this was the only
photograph she was able to buy of Grave.
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March 5th, 1945: Move to
Germany, set up castle at Weese
March 16th, 1945: To Bedburg, a
German hospital and then across the Rhine to newly liberated
Holland and Germany again. This time billeted in a hospital
run by Catholic sisters.
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Views of
Holland again from Freda's scrapbook
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April 11th, 1945: Heldrup
(girls school)
April 14th, 1945: Bassum -
billeted in a milk factory working in a German hospital
May 2nd, 1945: Zeedorf - German
naval camp
May 6th, 1945: Concentration
camp (see separate section)
June 6th, 1945 Cuxhaven
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The unit moved
to Cuxhaven for a fortnight's holiday. Here are
Freda's photographs of Cuxhaven and also a group shot
of the Unit. |
June 18th, 1945: Gandersheim
Harz Mountains where Freda helped to set up a hospital in a
motoring school.
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Shots of
Gandersheim |
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The Sister in
Charge, Freda and her nursing colleagues and entrance
to the motoring school at Gandersheim |
August 13th, 1945: Freda and
Win posted to 25th (BR) General Hospital at Munster. September
6th, 1945: Freda is flown home after an accident in Munster. |
