Walter on his Dodge tipper, outside the Belgian Chateau they were billeted at somewhere near Boom, between Brussels and Antwerp. Winter 1944. Quiet Mike: "You said you were in Antwerp for Christmas?" Walter: "I went to stay with my friends at Estelle’s. I went up there, we’d got a wagon, a liberty wagon, and we went up to somewhere not far from Fort Seven, I can’t think of the name of it. It was by Fort Seven. Then I’d got a tram into the city and went to see my friends, and it was bad weather, it was snowing. I left Estelle's, early enough, and got the tram back, but there was some sort of hold up, and when I’d got back the liberty wagon had gone. So, I didn’t really know what to do, and it was snowing as well. I got back onto the road, and was walking back. I didn’t know what I was going to do mind you. "Anyway I started walking back, and looking around all of I sudden I saw headlights. I waved him down, and it was my mate. It was our dispatch rider, George Rand. I couldn’t believe it! He’d pinched a truck and gone up into Antwerp. It was my good fortune really. I stopped him and got in. He drove us to the gate and parked it by the side of the road. I said 'Are you on duty?', 'No, I borrowed it.' Good for me, and I got back in time." View full size.
Walter on his Dodge tipper, outside the Belgian Chateau they were billeted at somewhere near Boom, between Brussels and Antwerp. Winter 1944. Quiet Mike: "You said you were in Antwerp for Christmas?" Walter: "I went to stay with my friends at Estelle’s. I went up there, we’d got a wagon, a liberty wagon, and we went up to somewhere not far from Fort Seven, I can’t think of the name of it. It was by Fort Seven. Then I’d got a tram into the city and went to see my friends, and it was bad weather, it was snowing. I left Estelle's, early enough, and got the tram back, but there was some sort of hold up, and when I’d got back the liberty wagon had gone. So, I didn’t really know what to do, and it was snowing as well. I got back onto the road, and was walking back. I didn’t know what I was going to do mind you. "Anyway I started walking back, and looking around all of I sudden I saw headlights. I waved him down, and it was my mate. It was our dispatch rider, George Rand. I couldn’t believe it! He’d pinched a truck and gone up into Antwerp. It was my good fortune really. I stopped him and got in. He drove us to the gate and parked it by the side of the road. I said 'Are you on duty?', 'No, I borrowed it.' Good for me, and I got back in time." | Click image for Comments. | Home | Browse All Photos