Gunner Herbert L. Mills
Manx Regiment
ROUTE OF MARCH FROM POLAND 18 JAN 1945
TO DATE OF RECAPTURE BY AMERICAN 3RD ARMY
ON 29TH APRIL 1945
19 JanLeft JAWORZNO
1/2 parcel, 2kilo bread, meat, sugar, marge
to MILARWITZ 22Km
20 JanBEUTHEN27Km
mine bath house
21 Jannear GLEINWITZ22Km
1/4pkt biscuits
22 JanKEIFERSTUOTL24Km
barn
23 JanGREGORSDORF38Km
1 ½pkt biscuits barn
24 JanGROSS NEUKIRK22Km
rations (20 men 1 loaf) barn
25 JanBARWITZ - KRUGKOL12Km
barn
27 JanGANKA - GRATZ26Km
potatoes barn
28 Janday off, first shave & wash
rations ½ sausage 4 pkt biscuits, coffee
sugar, all for 4 days
29 JanYAKOWITZ15Km
barn
30 JanSIDENDORF17Km
barn
31 JanFREUDENHALL19Km
barn
1 Febrest day
rations dripping, dry meat,
soup powder,coffee sugar biscuits
2 FebOTOORK28Km
barn ¼ loaf
3 FebDEUTCHES- LEIBAU38Km
barn
4 FebBOHUTIN28Km
5 Febrest day
rations sausage, bread, sugar, coffee
6 FebHERMANITZ18Km
barn
7 FebMICHELSDORF19Km
barn
8 FebOBER - LISHWE22Km
barn
9 Febrest day
rations ½ loaf
10 Febrest day
rations bread, sausage, dried veg,
sugar, coffee, (killed horse)
11 FebLAMELSDORF (protectorate) 15Km
barn, rations ½ loaf
12 FebVISSOKAU HOLICE25Km
barn
13 Febrest day
rations bread, marge, meat, coffee, dry veg
14 FebBEJSCHT15Km
barn
15 FebBORCHEBATESCHKA16Km
barn
16 Febrest day
rations ½ loaf
17 FebSWEIT14Km
tobacco issue (20 grammes) state form
rations marge, honey, cheese
18 FebBASCHNITZ16Km
barn
19 Febrest day
rations ½ loaf, dry veg, meat
20 FebDREWEINWITZ24Km
rations marge, honey, cheese
21 FebOSEK26Km
barn
22 Febrest day (birthday)
rations ¼ loaf, marge, honey,
cheese, saur kraut for 6 days
23 FebJEMNICK23Km
barn
24 FebHRIWNO20Km
barn
25 Febrest day
26 FebBRIVOR20Km
good barn
27 FebJEDIBAB27Km
barn
28 Febrest day
rations kil bread, marge, honey
sausage, cheese, dried veg, saur kraut
1 MarLUNKAU23Km
barn
2 MarRISUK19Km
barn
3 Marrest day
rations 1 kilo bread, marge, cheese,
sausage, honey, dried veg, 40 cigs
4 MarGERAUPEN23Km
barn
5 MarchDEUTCHE HORSCHOWITZ 17Km
left protectorate
barn
6 Marrest day
rations 1 kilo bread, honey, marge, sausage
7 MarLIEBKOWITZ20Km
barn
8 MarUDRITSCH14Km
barn
9 Marrest day
rations 100gramm bread (2 days)
½ slice bread all day
10 Marrest day
no food all day
11 MarLIEMGRUBEN17Km
thank god red cross in touch with us
& received 1 American parcel
12 Marrest day
no rations
13 MarROYAU27Km
14 MarUNTER GAMLING13Km
barn
15 Marrest day
500gramm bread, Yank RC parcel
16 MarOSTRAU22Km
barn
600 gramm bread
17 MarMILLES14Km
barn
18 Marrest day
19 MarLOHMA26Km
barn
200 gramm bread
20 MarROMMEL BERG15Km
barn
21 Marrest day
22 MarROTHENSTADT17Km
barn
250gr bread
23 Marrest day
½ RC parcel (Canadian)
24 Marrest day
400gr bread for 3 days
25 MarNURNBURG STATION
70 men in oen waggons, spent 2 days
on this, no food or water
26 Marnear REGENSBOURG
barn
27 Marrest day
MARCH FINISHED
28 Mar100gram bread for 5 days
28 Mar}
30 Mar} awaiting events
31 Mar}
} no food from Germans
1 Apr}
2 Apr2 slices bread
3 Apr2 slices bread
4 Aprstart work
4 potatoes for breakfast, walk 8km to work
and 150gramm bread
5 Aprwork again
4 potatoes breakfast, 150gm bread
6 Aprwork
same food, Dick & I very nearly up for looting
7 Aprday off
8 Aprsaved again, R-X parcel
9 Aprwork
10 Aprwork
11 Aprwork
12 Aprwork
13 Aprwork
14 Aprwork
15 Aprmarch at dawn to GRASLANG
RAF bombed 2' Coy killed & wounded 100
barn
16 Aprday off
rations potatoes only from now on
17 AprR-X parcel
18 Aprwork finished
19 AprR-X parcel again
RAF straffed us killing and wounding many
20 Aprstill here
21 Apr"
22 Apr"
23 Apr"
24 AprYanks getting closer, march all night to HOGSDORF 44Km
25 Aprrations Leek, 1 only
26 Aprliving like lords, R-X can't reach other chaps at Regensburg
we get 2 parcels each
27 Aprrumours of further march
28 AprYanks too close, gerry can't move us, leaves 6 old guards
rest B.O.
29 AprYANKS ARRIVE
Little fighting, FREE AT LAST
Hands shaking all round
30 Apr - 11 May ate and killed all we could lay hands on
11 Mayleft UNTERNUEHAUSEN for airfield at STRAUBLING
12 Mayflew to Brussels
13 MayARRIVED ENGLAND
THANK GOD
911km (+ 8x 8km more work days = 945km ?)