"Keep 'em Moving"
Holland
Zig canal & Cameron Bridge
Holland, November 1944
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The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders "Keep 'em Moving" Holland | Zig canal & Cameron Bridge Holland, November 1944 |
On 16th November, 1944, 5th battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, moved through woods to the village of Stokershorst, preparing for another canal crossing - the Zig Canal. The action was to earn high praise from the 12th Corps Commander, General Sir Neil Ritchie. Sketch map of attack at Cameron Bridge |
 Zig (Uitwaterings) Canal. 1944, with "Cameron Bridge" in the background. |
Zig (Uitwaterings) canal 2007 |
 On 18th November 1944, a "class 40" bridge was built over the canal where "A" & "C" companies had fought so hard. It was named: "CAMERON BRIDGE"
Lt. General Brian Horrocks, 30th Corps Commander
wrote: "Had not the 5th Camerons held onto their foothold on the east
bank of the Zig canal, the advance of the whole Corps might well have
been delayed for an apprciable time".The Nederweert canal is to the left of the 3 men. |
 This is the approximate position of where "Cameron Bridge" would have been in 1944. The Main road runs parallel to the Noordervaart canal towards Venlo. The Picture is looking toward a branch off the Noordervaart and is taken from the Zig Canal, side of the road. The Zig runs at 90 degrees to the road and Noordervaart canal. |
  Possibly the Lock / Sluice gate operators house. Now an art gallery, it has an added floor and, the ground floor central window, shows where the original door-way was. |
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