We were stationed in Brunssum for a week or so before the thrust into Germany and our tank crew were billeted in the local bowling alley. Is it still in Brunssum? We also had our photographs taken with our tanks by the local photographer I have written a book 'A Trooper's Tale' and if you would like a copy would you please send a 10 euro note and for security reasons folded in notepaper so it can't be identified If your Burgomeister would like our Regiment's stay in Brunssumm commemorated either with a Regimental shield for his office or a slate plaque fixed externally I would be pleased to see what I could arrange if he contacts me Good to hear from you Best wishes Cecil Newton Secretary, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 1, Grasshills Lane, Aldbourne Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 2EH United Kingdom

Hello Ruud I have had difficulty in opening your site because I am not on 'Broadband' However we have one 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guard at Brunssum Cemetery and he is Trooper James FYLES 385824 Killed in Action Tripsrath, Germany 19th November 1944 aged 25 Grave IV 181 James had served throughout the Desert War and he was a reinforcement to our Regiment. He had a particularly fine singing voice and performed in a Squadron concert just before we arrived at Brunssum He was in the same Troop as myself, 4th Troop 'B' Squadron.and was gunner in the Troop Leader's tank. He was killed during an attack in Tripsrath the morning of 19th November. Our tank was also hit and I was wounded along with two other crew members. Another had been wounded the day before by sniper fire Please refer to:- The BBC WW2 People's War www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A1944786 'Entering Germany 1944786' 4th Troop, ; 'B' Squadron, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards In 'The First and Last' the Regimental History, under Key Posts in the Regiment May 8th 1945 there is a blank space where there should be details of the ill fated 4th Troop during the campaign in NW Europe 6th June to 11th November 1944 Tpr J Fyles 19.11.44 Tripsrath, Germany BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY, NETHERLANDS (NL164 Plot 4 Grave 181) November 19th - Tripsrath The two remaining tanks joined in the attack to capture the town. Both tanks were hit killing Trooper Fyles and wounding three www.fourthtroop.freeuk.com  + WW2 People's War Homepage BBC

 

On 28-12-2008 My daughter Jody puts the Poppycross from The Creully Club on James grave

Creully Club - Newsletter no 31 - February 2009