Outside Brussels the regiment was greeted by jubilant crowds, and an elderly woman presented Gorman with a copy of Some Experiences of an Irish RM, which had been left at her parents’ house by another Irish Guardsman in 1914. But the war was not yet over, and Gorman, by now a captain, attended the briefing on the impending Arnhem campaign given by Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks, the Corps Commander. When Horrocks announced that the “honour of leading this great dash which may end the war” would be given to the Irish Guards, Gorman expostulated: “Oh, my God, not again!” Gorman and his troop crossed the Nijmegen bridge before the advance was called off.