British Forces

Outside Divisional HQ

Private Morris, of Acton, London, takes aim with his Sten gun outside Divisional HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel. Note General Urquhart's pennant in the background. When the Division withdrew across the Rhine, the General's batman, Corporal Frank Hancock, untied the pennant and stashed it in his battledress, later presenting it to Urquhart, who was surprised to see it. The same pennant is now on display at the Airborne Museum Oosterbeek.(rudeerude)