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From: "John Drewell" <>
Subject: Re: [HWE] Vandeleur - County Clare
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 12:28:36 -0800
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hello Nicola;

a bit more: " images portraying elements of British XXX Corps attempting
to reach British First Airborne at Arnhem during Operation Market Garden in
mid-September 1944. The dioramas reflect a blend of 1/76 and 1/72 scale
figures and armour. The main image above entitled "This is the Wide Part"
was inspired by the dramatized scene in A Bridge Too Far whereby Michael
Caine's (as Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur) confers with his cousin Giles
Vandeluer to discuss the difficulties moving their armour forward along a
heavily defended narrow two lane roadway.( Irish Guardsmen)

John Drewell
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Darcy5" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [HWE] Vandeleur - County Clare


> Goodness! I didn't expect so much help. I certainly didn't know about 'A
> Bridge too Far.'
> It was really the chapter from Gimlette I was interested in , as I hadn't
> heard of it before, but now I have lots of information to work on (and
> from).
> Thank you!
> Nicola
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Drewell
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> Subject: Re: [HWE] Vandeleur - County Clare
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>
>
> It may be of interest that one of the Vandeleur family was played by
> Michael Caine in "A Bridge Too Far": Irish Guards; maybe.
> =====================
> John Drewell in Vancouver BC
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 4:59 AM
> Subject: [HWE] Vandeleur - County Clare
>
>
>> Hello Nicola,
>>
>> A Google Books search will possibly be of assistance to you. Type in
>> "Vandeleur 1687" (without the quotation marks) and select the first entry
>> that
>> appears. It is a full view of The History & Topography of the County of
>> Clare from
>> the Earliest of Times (I might be missing some of the words of the title)
>> by
>> James Frost. It includes information regarding the first VANDELEUR in
>> Clare
>> and mentions land grants.
>>
>> Hope this helps in some way.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jan Isobel
>>
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