by ColinAuthor | Jan 3, 2014 | M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Normandy Trips
A PoW’s journey You’ll recall that last year we met Bill Sullivan & his wife, Elizabeth, who, whilst not one of the “MenInTheShed”, gave me (via Morris Sheppard’s son, Jim) lots of information of the time when he was “on the...
by ColinAuthor | Dec 17, 2013 | 1st Lt FT Gillespie, Major Ray Elledge Jnr, Normandy Trips
Presentations and P47s in Normandy With Peter Findlay So, as is usual on these trips, we got up in the morning & immediately amended the plans that we had for the day! The reason for this was that Peter Findlay, one of our hosts, was being honoured with the...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 29, 2013 | Normandy Trips
Bocage, Hill 226 and St Charles de Percy Bocage bagging When reading & talking about the post D-Day fighting one word crops up time and again: “Bocage”. So what was “Bocage” or “The Hedgerow Country” as Americans called it? A...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 2, 2013 | Normandy Trips
Normandy… And so it came to pass, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Thirteen, that our heroes did decide that the time had come to once again embark on their quest to quaff ales and wines from far and near, to eat food that they were not sure of and...
by ColinAuthor | Sep 8, 2012 | Normandy Trips
3rd Battalion Scots Guards, Hill 226 & Operation BLUECOAT As mentioned earlier, investigating this unit’s contribution to the success of Operation BLUECOAT has been another interest of mine and earlier in the year, I delivered a talk to the South Manchester...
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