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Index Wunstorf and Neustadt April 1945

During the advance eastwards following Operation Varsity, the 7th Battalion suffered heavy losses on 7 April as a result of a road mine detonation;the battle to secure Wunstorf airfield, in which leading elements of B Coy were initially ambushed; and the German garrison detonating the bridge at Neustadt while B Coy advanced across it on the night of 7/8 April 1945.

The battalion war diary recorded total casualties for the day of 27 killed, 33 wounded and 6 missing.Some of those injured also died as a result of their wounds.

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7th Battalion Roll of Honour for 7/8 April 1945

List of men of the 7th Bn killed in action, or who may have been injured and subsequently died of wounds, as a result of a road mine detonation, the battle to capture Wunstorf airfield and the explosion at Neustadt bridge.

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Compiled by Bob Hilton and Harvey Grenville

Account of a visit to Neustadt on the 50th Anniversary

A short account of a remembrance visit on the 50th anniversary of the Neustadt incident written by Joan Elliott, the wife of Capt R P Pearson who served at Arnhem. Joan Elliott died in 2006. Reproduced from Pegasus.

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By the late Joan Elliott (Pearson)

The dash from the River Weser to the River Leine April 1945

Appendix from 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion War Diary recording the battle to capture Wunstorf airfield and the explosion at Neustadt bridge. Both incidents inflicted heavy casualties on B Company.

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Courtesy of Mark Hickman and the Pegasus Archive.