{"id":7541,"date":"2023-03-11T16:33:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T16:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.overloonwarchronicles.nl\/?page_id=7541"},"modified":"2025-03-03T22:41:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T22:41:21","slug":"tomlinson-raymond","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.overloonwarchronicles.nl\/en\/tomlinson-raymond\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomlinson Raymond"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Tomlinson | Raymond<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>First names<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Raymond<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Age<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>22<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Date of birth<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>07-11-1921<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Date of death<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>14-10-1944<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Service number<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>6208073<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Rank<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Lance Corporal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Regiment<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>South Lancashire Regiment, 1st Bn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Grave number<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>I. A. 14.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tomlinson-Web.jpg\" alt=\"Raymond Tomlinson\"><\/p>\n<h3>Raymond Tomlinson<\/h3>\n<p>Raymond Tomlinson<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Graf-Tomlinson.jpg\" alt=\"Grave Raymond Tomlinson\"><\/p>\n<h3>Grave Raymond Tomlinson<\/h3>\n<p>Grave Raymond Tomlinson<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Biography<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Raymond Tomlinson was killed in action on 14 October 1944. He was a Lance Corporal in the South Lancashire Regiment, 1st Bn. He was initially buried in the A. vd Wijst cemetery in Overloon and on 15 May 1947 he was reburied in grave I.A.14. at Overloon War Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>His tombstone reads: In loving memory of my dear husband, gone but not forgotten. Wife and baby.<\/p>\n<h4>FAMILY BACKGROUND<\/h4>\n<p>Raymond Tomlinson was born on 7 November 1921 in Brentford, Middlesex in the United Kingdom. His parents were Ezra Cecil Tomlinson (1896-1966) and Edna Mary Holder (1893-1964). He had one brother, Water Clive Tomlinson (1924-1997).<br \/>On 22 May 1943 he married Gladys Rose Arthur. At that time, Raymond was serving in the Corps of Military Police. Gladys worked in administration at General Aircraft Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Their daughter Glenys Tomlinson was born in 1945, but Raymond never got to know her.<\/p>\n<h4>MILITARY CAREER<\/h4>\n<p>Raymond began his career as a cadet in the Royal Fusiliers and before the war he joined \u2018D\u2019 Company of the Middlesex Regiment, Territorial Army.<br \/>When hostilities broke out, he was assigned to the Cheshire Regiment and later transferred to the Military Police Corps, where he served in Iceland.<br \/>At his own request, he was transferred to an infantry unit and went to France on D-Day (+3).<br \/>It is believed that he then joined the South Lancashire Regiment 1st Btn.<\/p>\n<h4>DUNKIRK 1940<\/h4>\n<p>At the start of the war with Germany, the 1st South Lancashire Regiment left for France with the 4th and 1st Division of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) respectively. At the beginning of October 1939, the battalion had taken up positions along the Belgian border.<br \/>On 10 May 1940 the situation changed drastically when Germany invaded Belgium and the Netherlands. The British Expeditionary Force advanced towards Belgium, but the German blitzkrieg quickly overwhelmed the allied front. The British were forced into a series of strategic retreats and evacuations from Dunkirk back to the United Kingdom.<br \/>Churchill and his advisors had expected to rescue only 20,000 to 30,000 men, but a total of 338,000 troops were rescued from Dunkirk, a third of whom were French. Unfortunately, 90,000 men were left behind and taken prisoner, and the BEF was also forced to leave most of its tanks and heavy guns behind. The Dunkirk evacuation ended on 4 June 1940.<\/p>\n<h4>TRAINING<\/h4>\n<p>After returning to the United Kingdom, the 1st Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment was transferred to the 8th Infantry Brigade (which also included the 1st Suffolk Regiment and the 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment) attached to the 3rd Infantry Division, nicknamed Monty&#8217;s Ironsides.<br \/>In mid-1943, the regiment took part in training exercises in the southeast of Scotland. In early 1944, they were also in Scotland to practice amphibious assaults.<br \/>This division landed on Sword Beach on D-Day (6 June 1944).<\/p>\n<h4>NORMANDY LANDINGS<\/h4>\n<p>On D-Day, 6 June 1944, the 1st South Lancashires, as one of the leading assault battalions of the 3rd Division, landed on Sword Beach at 7:20 in the morning. Despite heavy losses, including that of their commander, they pushed through the German defences and captured Hermanville by 9 a.m.<br \/>In the days that followed, they captured Plumetot, Cresserons, La Deliverande, the \u2018Trout\u2019 strongpoint and the famous Pegasus Bridge over the Orne.<\/p>\n<h4>CAEN<\/h4>\n<p>The battalion played a key role in the British advance on Caen and was confronted with intense fighting and considerable losses, especially on 22-23 and 26 June, near Le Londel.<br \/>In July, the battalion was involved in Operation Goodwood, a British offensive carried out from 18 to 20 July 1944 during the larger battle of Caen in Normandy. The operation was aimed at advancing south from the bridgehead near the Orne to secure the remaining parts of Caen and the Bourgu\u00e9bus ridge.<\/p>\n<h4>FALAISE<\/h4>\n<p>The offensive was in full swing and had pinned down a large part of the German army west of Falaise. On 11 August, the 1st South Lancashires led an advance into this pocket along the Vire-Tinchebray road. Meanwhile, on 12 August, the 1st East Lancashires captured Bois Halbout and advanced west of Falaise. On 19 August the encirclement was complete, which signalled the effective end of the battle for Normandy.<\/p>\n<h4>BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS<\/h4>\n<p>From 16 to 18 September they marched through Belgium in three stages to reach Lille St Hubert, just south of the Dutch border south of Eindhoven. Here they needed to assist the East Yorkshire Regiment and the Suffolk Regiments in creating a bridgehead across the Scheldt Canal, which they crossed on 20 September to reach Hamont, just west of the Dutch border. On the 22nd they reached Weert in the Netherlands, despite the Allies encountering difficulties due to destroyed bridges.<\/p>\n<p>They remained in this area until 25 September when C Company moved eastwards to Schoor as part of a plan to clear the western bank of a canal further to the east. The entire battalion was to participate the following day, but it was decided that they would march to Maarheeze that day, so only C Company took part. Their progress was slow, so they were ordered to retreat and join the rest of the battalion marching to Maarheeze. On 27 September they moved on again to reach Bakel, which lies just northeast of Eindhoven. The next day they moved a little further north to Mortel to allow the American 7th Armoured Division to occupy the area around Bakel. The Americans moved on to St Anthonis. The battalion remained in Mortel until 1 October, when they moved further north to Heumen, which lies just south of Nijmegen and north of Cuijk, and then to nearby Mook on 3 October.<\/p>\n<p>By that time, Operation Market Garden further north had failed to capture the bridge at Arnhem. This left the Allies in a narrow corridor through the Netherlands. The American 7th Armoured Division attempted to widen this corridor on 30 September by attacking Overloon from their position at St Anthonis in an attempt to widen this corridor eastward to the river Maas, but this attack failed.<br \/>The 1st Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment remained at Mook until 8 October when they moved south to Wanroij. It had been decided that the Americans would withdraw and leave the widening of the corridor through Overloon, Venray and Venlo to the British. The attack on Overloon was originally planned to begin on 11 October. However, this was postponed until 12 October due to the very wet weather and the condition of the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The attack began on the afternoon of 12 October with a very heavy barrage of artillery. The 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment led the attack on what was described as Dog Wood to the west of Overloon, while the 1st Suffolk Regiment targeted Overloon itself. Both reached their objective by 15.00 hours, but some area clearance was still needed. The 1st South Lancashire Regiment was initially held in reserve, but at 17.00 hours A and D Companies were ordered to advance to clear a remaining area with one troop of the 3rd Grenadier Guards supporting each advanced company. B and C Companies and another troop of the Grenadier Guards were held in reserve. They encountered little resistance and by dusk they were in position at the front edge of a clearing. On this day, five soldiers from the battalion were killed in action.<\/p>\n<p>On 13 October they continued on towards Overloon. During the attack towards the forests of Helder, the battalion was greatly hampered by minefields. The Peelkant and Peelkampsveld were cleared with air support from Typhoons.<br \/>The 9th Brigade moved through the battalion&#8217;s lines and took the area west of Overloon. The 2nd Royal Ulster Rifles and 2nd King&#8217;s Own Scottish Borderers continued the attack.<br \/>At the end of the day, the battalion withdrew to an area northeast of Overloon that was being explored by the quartermasters.<\/p>\n<p>On 14 October, the battalion&#8217;s headquarters were established in a farmhouse northeast of Overloon (near the Rondweg \u2013 Holthesedijk \u2013 Vierlingsbeekseweg intersection).<br \/>The battalion came under heavy fire from Nebelwerfers and mortars. Reconnaissance took place in the direction of Vierlingsbeek to Halfweg, and later on to the railway line near Vierlingsbeek.<br \/>The hamlet of \u2018Schaartven\u2019 was also explored. There, an 88MM cannon damaged three tanks of the Grenadier Guards. The attack was launched under heavy fire and across minefields and prisoners of war were taken. Later that day, the Schaartven and Halfweg areas were cleared and the German troops withdrew to the woods south of the Vierlingsbeekseweg. Another 83 prisoners of war were taken.<\/p>\n<p>It was on this day that Raymond Tomlinson was killed. He was buried with several other comrades in the A. vd Wijst Cemetery in Overloon. On 13 May 1947, he was reburied in grave I.A.14 at the Overloon War Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>On 14 October, the area south of Overloon up to the Molenbeek was captured by the British, at the cost of many lives. <br \/>The following day, the British troops reorganised for the upcoming attack on Venray.<\/p>\n<p>A beautiful poem to Raymond, written by his wife Gladys, appeared in the Middlesex Chronicle on 13 October 1945:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Worth more than silver or gold,<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>It\u2019s a picture of my dear husband,<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>whose memory will never grow old.<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>I often sit and think of you dear,<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>When no eyes can see me weep,<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>For many is the silent tear I shed,<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>When others are fast asleep.<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>Missed by your loving wife, Gladys, and baby.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The same newspaper also published a commemorative message from his parents and brother Clive:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>In loving memory of our dear son Raymond, killed in action in N.W. Europe, October 14th 1944.<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>Deep in our hearts a memory is kept,<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>of him we loved and will never forget.<\/strong><\/em><br \/><em><strong>Mum Dad and Clive<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Wedding-photo-Raymond-Thomlinson-Web.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding photo of Raymond and Gladys\"><\/p>\n<h3>Wedding photo of Raymond and Gladys<\/h3>\n<p>Wedding photo of Raymond and Gladys<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Middlesex-Chronicle-15-May-1943.jpg\" alt=\"Middlesex Chronicle 15 May 1943 about the marriage of Raymond and Gladys\"><\/p>\n<h3>Middlesex Chronicle 15 May 1943 about the marriage of Raymond and Gladys<\/h3>\n<p>Middlesex Chronicle 15 May 1943 about the marriage of Raymond and Gladys<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Gladys-Rose-Tomlinson-Web.jpg\" alt=\"Gladys Rose Tomlinson\"><\/p>\n<h3>Gladys Rose Tomlinson<\/h3>\n<p>Gladys Rose Tomlinson<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Middlesex-Chronicle-11-November-1944.jpg\" alt=\"Middlesex Chronicle 11 November 1944 about the death of Raymond Tomlinson\"><\/p>\n<h3>Middlesex Chronicle 11 November 1944 about the death of Raymond Tomlinson<\/h3>\n<p>Middlesex Chronicle 11 November 1944 about the death of Raymond Tomlinson<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/In-loving-memory.jpg\" alt=\"In loving memory clips\"><\/p>\n<h3>In loving memory clips<\/h3>\n<p>In loving memory clips<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sources and credits<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>War Diaries South Lancashire Regiment 1st Bn<br \/>Ancestry various sources<br \/>Piet Peters for background information<br \/>Steven Tomlinson 1st cousin from Raymond Tomlinson for news clippings<\/p>\n<p>Research Anny Huberts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- {\"type\":\"layout\",\"children\":[{\"type\":\"section\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"style\":\"default\",\"title_breakpoint\":\"xl\",\"title_position\":\"top-left\",\"title_rotation\":\"left\",\"vertical_align\":\"middle\",\"width\":\"small\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"row\",\"props\":{\"layout\":\"1-2,1-2\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"column\",\"props\":{\"image_position\":\"center-center\",\"position_sticky_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"width_medium\":\"1-2\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"headline\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"Tomlinson | Raymond\",\"title_element\":\"h3\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list\",\"props\":{\"column_breakpoint\":\"m\",\"layout\":\"grid-2\",\"list_element\":\"ul\",\"list_size\":\"collapse\",\"list_style\":\"divider\",\"meta_align\":\"below-content\",\"meta_style\":\"text-meta\",\"show_content\":true,\"show_link\":true,\"show_meta\":true,\"show_title\":true,\"title_element\":\"div\",\"title_grid_column_gap\":\"small\",\"title_grid_row_gap\":\"small\",\"title_grid_width\":\"small\"},\"children\":[{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Raymond<\\\/p>\",\"title\":\"First names\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>22<\\\/p>\",\"title\":\"Age\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>07-11-1921<\\\/p>\",\"meta\":\"\",\"title\":\"Date of birth\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>14-10-1944<\\\/p>\",\"meta\":\"\",\"title\":\"Date of death\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>6208073<\\\/p>\",\"meta\":\"\",\"title\":\"Service number\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>Lance Corporal<\\\/p>\",\"meta\":\"\",\"title\":\"Rank\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>South Lancashire Regiment, 1st Bn.<\\\/p>\",\"meta\":\"\",\"title\":\"Regiment\"}},{\"type\":\"description_list_item\",\"props\":{\"content\":\"\n\n<p>I. 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He was a Lance Corporal in the South Lancashire Regiment, 1st Bn. He was initially buried in the A. vd Wijst cemetery in Overloon and on 15 May 1947 he was reburied in grave I.A.14. at Overloon War Cemetery.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>His tombstone reads: In loving memory of my dear husband, gone but not forgotten. Wife and baby.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<h4>FAMILY BACKGROUND<\\\/h4>\\n\n\n<p>Raymond Tomlinson was born on 7 November 1921 in Brentford, Middlesex in the United Kingdom. His parents were Ezra Cecil Tomlinson (1896-1966) and Edna Mary Holder (1893-1964). He had one brother, Water Clive Tomlinson (1924-1997).<br \\\/>On 22 May 1943 he married Gladys Rose Arthur. At that time, Raymond was serving in the Corps of Military Police. Gladys worked in administration at General Aircraft Ltd.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>Their daughter Glenys Tomlinson was born in 1945, but Raymond never got to know her.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<h4>MILITARY CAREER<\\\/h4>\\n\n\n<p>Raymond began his career as a cadet in the Royal Fusiliers and before the war he joined \\u2018D\\u2019 Company of the Middlesex Regiment, Territorial Army.<br \\\/>When hostilities broke out, he was assigned to the Cheshire Regiment and later transferred to the Military Police Corps, where he served in Iceland.<br \\\/>At his own request, he was transferred to an infantry unit and went to France on D-Day (+3).<br \\\/>It is believed that he then joined the South Lancashire Regiment 1st Btn.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<h4>DUNKIRK 1940<\\\/h4>\\n\n\n<p>At the start of the war with Germany, the 1st South Lancashire Regiment left for France with the 4th and 1st Division of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) respectively. At the beginning of October 1939, the battalion had taken up positions along the Belgian border.<br \\\/>On 10 May 1940 the situation changed drastically when Germany invaded Belgium and the Netherlands. The British Expeditionary Force advanced towards Belgium, but the German blitzkrieg quickly overwhelmed the allied front. The British were forced into a series of strategic retreats and evacuations from Dunkirk back to the United Kingdom.<br \\\/>Churchill and his advisors had expected to rescue only 20,000 to 30,000 men, but a total of 338,000 troops were rescued from Dunkirk, a third of whom were French. Unfortunately, 90,000 men were left behind and taken prisoner, and the BEF was also forced to leave most of its tanks and heavy guns behind. The Dunkirk evacuation ended on 4 June 1940.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<h4>TRAINING<\\\/h4>\\n\n\n<p>After returning to the United Kingdom, the 1st Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment was transferred to the 8th Infantry Brigade (which also included the 1st Suffolk Regiment and the 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment) attached to the 3rd Infantry Division, nicknamed Monty's Ironsides.<br \\\/>In mid-1943, the regiment took part in training exercises in the southeast of Scotland. In early 1944, they were also in Scotland to practice amphibious assaults.<br \\\/>This division landed on Sword Beach on D-Day (6 June 1944).<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<h4>NORMANDY LANDINGS<\\\/h4>\\n\n\n<p>On D-Day, 6 June 1944, the 1st South Lancashires, as one of the leading assault battalions of the 3rd Division, landed on Sword Beach at 7:20 in the morning. Despite heavy losses, including that of their commander, they pushed through the German defences and captured Hermanville by 9 a.m.<br \\\/>In the days that followed, they captured Plumetot, Cresserons, La Deliverande, the \\u2018Trout\\u2019 strongpoint and the famous Pegasus Bridge over the Orne.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<h4>CAEN<\\\/h4>\\n\n\n<p>The battalion played a key role in the British advance on Caen and was confronted with intense fighting and considerable losses, especially on 22-23 and 26 June, near Le Londel.<br \\\/>In July, the battalion was involved in Operation Goodwood, a British offensive carried out from 18 to 20 July 1944 during the larger battle of Caen in Normandy. The operation was aimed at advancing south from the bridgehead near the Orne to secure the remaining parts of Caen and the Bourgu\\u00e9bus ridge.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<h4>FALAISE<\\\/h4>\\n\n\n<p>The offensive was in full swing and had pinned down a large part of the German army west of Falaise. On 11 August, the 1st South Lancashires led an advance into this pocket along the Vire-Tinchebray road. Meanwhile, on 12 August, the 1st East Lancashires captured Bois Halbout and advanced west of Falaise. On 19 August the encirclement was complete, which signalled the effective end of the battle for Normandy.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<h4>BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS<\\\/h4>\\n\n\n<p>From 16 to 18 September they marched through Belgium in three stages to reach Lille St Hubert, just south of the Dutch border south of Eindhoven. Here they needed to assist the East Yorkshire Regiment and the Suffolk Regiments in creating a bridgehead across the Scheldt Canal, which they crossed on 20 September to reach Hamont, just west of the Dutch border. On the 22nd they reached Weert in the Netherlands, despite the Allies encountering difficulties due to destroyed bridges.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>They remained in this area until 25 September when C Company moved eastwards to Schoor as part of a plan to clear the western bank of a canal further to the east. The entire battalion was to participate the following day, but it was decided that they would march to Maarheeze that day, so only C Company took part. Their progress was slow, so they were ordered to retreat and join the rest of the battalion marching to Maarheeze. On 27 September they moved on again to reach Bakel, which lies just northeast of Eindhoven. The next day they moved a little further north to Mortel to allow the American 7th Armoured Division to occupy the area around Bakel. The Americans moved on to St Anthonis. The battalion remained in Mortel until 1 October, when they moved further north to Heumen, which lies just south of Nijmegen and north of Cuijk, and then to nearby Mook on 3 October.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>By that time, Operation Market Garden further north had failed to capture the bridge at Arnhem. This left the Allies in a narrow corridor through the Netherlands. The American 7th Armoured Division attempted to widen this corridor on 30 September by attacking Overloon from their position at St Anthonis in an attempt to widen this corridor eastward to the river Maas, but this attack failed.<br \\\/>The 1st Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment remained at Mook until 8 October when they moved south to Wanroij. It had been decided that the Americans would withdraw and leave the widening of the corridor through Overloon, Venray and Venlo to the British. The attack on Overloon was originally planned to begin on 11 October. However, this was postponed until 12 October due to the very wet weather and the condition of the ground.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>The attack began on the afternoon of 12 October with a very heavy barrage of artillery. The 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment led the attack on what was described as Dog Wood to the west of Overloon, while the 1st Suffolk Regiment targeted Overloon itself. Both reached their objective by 15.00 hours, but some area clearance was still needed. The 1st South Lancashire Regiment was initially held in reserve, but at 17.00 hours A and D Companies were ordered to advance to clear a remaining area with one troop of the 3rd Grenadier Guards supporting each advanced company. B and C Companies and another troop of the Grenadier Guards were held in reserve. They encountered little resistance and by dusk they were in position at the front edge of a clearing. On this day, five soldiers from the battalion were killed in action.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>On 13 October they continued on towards Overloon. During the attack towards the forests of Helder, the battalion was greatly hampered by minefields. The Peelkant and Peelkampsveld were cleared with air support from Typhoons.<br \\\/>The 9th Brigade moved through the battalion's lines and took the area west of Overloon. The 2nd Royal Ulster Rifles and 2nd King's Own Scottish Borderers continued the attack.<br \\\/>At the end of the day, the battalion withdrew to an area northeast of Overloon that was being explored by the quartermasters.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>On 14 October, the battalion's headquarters were established in a farmhouse northeast of Overloon (near the Rondweg \\u2013 Holthesedijk \\u2013 Vierlingsbeekseweg intersection).<br \\\/>The battalion came under heavy fire from Nebelwerfers and mortars. Reconnaissance took place in the direction of Vierlingsbeek to Halfweg, and later on to the railway line near Vierlingsbeek.<br \\\/>The hamlet of \\u2018Schaartven\\u2019 was also explored. There, an 88MM cannon damaged three tanks of the Grenadier Guards. The attack was launched under heavy fire and across minefields and prisoners of war were taken. Later that day, the Schaartven and Halfweg areas were cleared and the German troops withdrew to the woods south of the Vierlingsbeekseweg. Another 83 prisoners of war were taken.<\\\/p>\\n\n\n<p>It was on this day that Raymond Tomlinson was killed. He was buried with several other comrades in the A. vd Wijst Cemetery in Overloon. 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