Contact from Preston Durrer Webmaster 87th Infantry Division Legacy Association

American Soldiers - Biddulph, Staffordshire, England - World War Two

Hello Nigel,

Thank you for contacting us.

I can confirm that elements of the 87^th Infantry Division, specifically the 345^th Infantry Regiment (my father’s regiment), stayed in Biddulph for a short while before embarking to France.

From an official standpoint, this is documented in our history book, which you can download here:

http://87thinfantrydivision.com/History/HistoryBook/index.html

Download the “Combined History Book”.  This is a PDF document that is text-searchable.  When I searched on “Biddulph”, two references from the 345^th section were found.

A search of “Biddulph” on our web site provides these three links:

http://www.87thinfantrydivision.com/Commentary/000002.html

http://www.87thinfantrydivision.com/History/345th/Personal/000025.html

http://www.87thinfantrydivision.com/History/345th/Official/index.html

Good luck with your project.  If I can be of further assistance, don’t hesitate to ask.

Best Regards,

Preston

Preston Durrer

Webmaster

87^th Infantry Division Legacy Association

Son of Whitelaw Durrer, D-345