Churchill Mk V British Infantry Tank Walkaround at Overloon

Churchill Mk V - With 'Tiger', 'Jaguar' and 'Rook' this British Churchill tank called 'Jackhal' formed the staff platoon of the 2nd Squadron of the 4th Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, part of the 6th British (Independent) Guards Tank Brigade which supported the infantry attack on Overloon.
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The crew consisted of five men. These young boys had been living together since they arrived at the beaches of Normandy (Gold Beach) at the end of June. The tank was their home, they lived, slept, ate, drank and shaved in it. After a fierce journey through France and Belgium they were ordered in October to move to Overloon, a place the boys had never heard of.
Tank driver Bob tells; “Around October 11 we got stuck in a forest somewhere around Overloon and we heard the grenades flying overhead. Then it started. We left on October 12, around noon. We went on and on while we were being heavily shot at. We drove up a road and there was a T-junction. I was told to go left and then right. We were to the right of Overloon. I drove through a hedge and the other tanks followed. There was a large open field with woods to the side. Just outside Overloon. I had no idea that I was driving into a minefield .. ”
The tank hit a mine, crushing the bottom and burning out the tank. The driver, Bob Dare, was slightly injured and managed to retrieve two seriously injured crew members from the tank just in time. The front gunner J. Lambert and the commander J. Garner. The other two comrades in the dome R. Silman and G. Wright were killed. After the war Bob Dare regularly visited the museum to commemorate his fallen comrades. In January 2007 he passed away at the age of 82. Silman and Wright are buried at the War Cemetery in Overloon.
The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill was a British infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal chassis with all-around tracks with multiple bogies, its ability to climb steep slopes, and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles. It was one of the heaviest Allied tanks of the war.
The Overloon War Museum (Dutch: Oorlogsmuseum Overloon) is located in Overloon, Netherlands.
The museum was opened on May 25, 1946 as the National War and Resistance Museum, making it one of the oldest museums in Europe dedicated to the Second World War. The museum is located on the site of the Battle of Overloon, a World War II tank and infantry battle between Allied and German forces that occurred in September and October 1944, in the aftermath of Operation Market Garden.
The museum is set in 14 hectares of woodland and is the largest of its kind in the Netherlands. The museum receives approximately 120,000 visitors annually.
After the Battle of Overloon, an enormous amount of war materiel, including tanks and other vehicles, was left behind on the battlefield. Overloner Harry van Daal was so shocked by the events that he proposed keeping the battlefield intact and turning it into a museum. On May 25, 1946, the National War and Resistance Museum was opened by British General Whistler (1898-1963), commander of the 11th British Armored Division and the 3rd British Infantry Division that had conquered Overloon.
The museum has a park of approximately 1000 by 500 m, making it one of the largest museums in the Netherlands, measured in terms of land area.
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