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The 4th and 5th Battalions would fight in XXX Corps when it reached Europe until the end of the war. This book bundle tells their story, it includes –

HORROCKS The General Who Led from the Front by Philip Warner

Lieutenant General Sir Brian Horrocks was a legend in his lifetime. He leapt to fame as a Brigade, Divisional and Corps Commander during the Second World War where his dashing style, good luck and easy manner won him huge respect and great success. He was happiest in the frontline and yet his victories in the field were hard won, be they in North Africa or NW Europe. By 1944 he was commanding 200,000 men of all Allied nations who did not agree on much else but all thought highly of him. His attributes brought him success in industry, as a TV presenter and as Black Rod, in the Houses of Parliament.

Product type – Softback

Pages – 195

From Normandy to the Weser

The 4th Battalion of the Dorset Regiment was originally a first line Territorial Army unit and on the outbreak of war in 1939, raised a 2nd Line duplicate, the 5th Battalion when the TA doubled in size. The 4th and 5th Battalions were both in the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division which took part in the fighting in Normandy, at Arnhem and in the Rhine crossing. They both served in the 129th Infantry Brigade. This unit history is complete with awards, full citations, maps and photos.

Product type- Softback

Pages – 94

STORY OF THE 5th BATTALION THE DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE

A history of one battalion’s part in the 1944 Normandy campaign until the end of the Second World War. The 4th and 5th battalions of the Dorsetshires were both in the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division and fought its way from Normandy, Arnhem and the Rhine Crossing. Illustrated with photographs, Roll of Honour, Honours and Awards complete this history.

Product type- Softback

Pages – 82

So Red a Road by Christopher Jary

A new book reveals for the first time the extent of the sacrifice made by the men of the Dorset Regiment who, in September 1944, crossed the Neder Rijn near Arnhem to rescue the parachute and glider troops trapped on the north bank.

By combining regimental records with survivors’ accounts and the lifelong research of Philip Reinders, a Dutch historian who has devoted decades to the Dorsets’ role in the Arnhem battle, a team from Dorchester’s Keep Military Museum have been able to identify all those who lost their lives across the river, those who were captured and many of those who returned safely to the south bank.

Product type- Softback

Pages – 232