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November 14th, 1903 (Nowshera, India) Date of death: August 4th, 1988 (Maidenhead/England, Great-Britain) Buried on: Brookwood Military Cemetery. Nationality: British. Biography. Joe's Bridge is the nickname given to Bridge No.9 on the Maas–Scheldt Canal in the Belgian city of Lommel just south of the Belgian–Dutch border.
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John Ormsby Evelyn "Joe" Vandeleur (14 November 1903 – 4 August 1988) was a Brigadier of the British Army who commanded 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards during World War II. John Ormsby Evelyn Vandeleur was born in Nowshera, British Raj (now in Pakistan) on 14 November 1903 to a family of Anglo-Irish landlords from Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland. He was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1924 ...
J. O. E. Vandeleur. privately printed for the author by Gale & Polden, 1967 - Soldiers - 132 pages. From inside the book . Contents. Chapter Page I History of My ...
Vandeleur, John Ormsby Evelyn “Joe”, born 14-11-1904, in Nowshera, India the son of Colonel Crofton Bury Vandeleur and Evelyn O’Leary. His family was originally from Kilrush, County Clare, where they were the local landlords. He was commissioned into the Irish Guards as a 2 nd Lieutenant in 1924, serving in Sudan and Egypt before the war.
In the vanguard, the Irish Guards entered the Netherlands, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur. Those same Irish Guards had captured this bridge during a surprise attack on September 10. From that moment, the bridge was named after the commander of the unit that had carried out this feat. It was called Joe's Bridge.
As Commanding Officer of 3rd Battalion Irish Guards he led the breakout of XXX Corps during Operation Market-Garden. In the movie “A bridge too far” he is played by the famous actor Michael Caine: Lt. General Horrocks:[…] “The Irish Guards, under the command of Colonel Vandeleur, will take the lead.” Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur: [whispering to his adjutant] “Christ, not us again ...
