The assault on Anzio by the British 1st Division was virtually unopposed by the German forces. My granddad, Edgar Frank Hallam, was a private in the 2nd North Staffs who was part of the 2nd Infantry Brigade. The 2nd North Staffs war diary does not survive for this period but the war diary for the 2nd Infantry Brigade that the battalion was part of does and is in the National Archives. The 2nd Infantry Brigade was made up of the 6 Gordon Highlanders, 1 Loyals, 2 North Staff