by ColinAuthor | Nov 18, 2018 | 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 6th Battalion Green Howards, 7th Battalion Green Howards, Pte AE Smith, Pte CA Wellings, Pte G Reid, Pte NHT Welch, Pte PD White
Day 5 – Monday 4th June This ended up being a long day with an equally long post! Following the war diaries to the capture sites of some of the men and returning to Noir Nuit. War diaries in detail So, after the extreme heat of the past two days, a later start saw us...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 15, 2018 | 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, 231 Brigade, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, Cpl J Chapman, Normandy Trips, Pte D Lawrence, Pte JBI Bird, Pte S Brunt, Pte Thomas Blunt
Day 4 – Sunday 3rd June Tilly sur Seulles Salon du Livre We tried to be up early for breakfast. Aiming to be at the “Tilly Book Fair” run at the museum by our friend Stéphane Jacquet from the start. Unfortunately, Glyn had not re-set his alarm to French...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 26, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 12 – Tuesday 7th June The benefits of local B&Bs Breakfast was awesome! In 2014 we couldn’t find many hotels in Normandy that weren’t already full (or charging the earth) . It was similar for the 70th Anniversary of D Day. So we were forced to use B&B’s...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 21, 2015 | 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, Battlefield Tours, Normandy Trips
On the Invasion Beaches SWORD Beach So, it was off to the beaches. Our first stop was SWORD beach – near the port of Ouistreham – which was almost empty. On our way back to the car, we passed a relic of the Atlantic Wall – the German shore defences. It was either a...
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