by ColinAuthor | Nov 18, 2018 | Normandy Trips
Day 6 – Tuesday 5th June Annual Hill 112 Ceremony For many years, now, we’ve attended the small ceremony on Hill 112 to commemorate the veterans of both sides who fought & died in Operations EPSOM & JUPITER. The main commemoration is in July (on the...
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 30, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 7 – Monday June 5th On Hill 112 with Albert Figg Today saw us heading off to meet with Albert Figg again, this time on the top of Hill 112. It has become a tradition for there to be a small ceremony on the Hill on the 5th followed by an informal meal. This...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 29, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 6 – Sunday 4th June With the Green Howards After breakfast at a leisurely 8:30 in the morning we headed off to the village of Crépon. To attend a ceremony dedicated to the Green Howards, one of the Battalions that some of The Men in the Shed were from. We...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 27, 2017 | Normandy Trips
5 – Saturday 3rd June Lost errand boys Today would see us running errands for various people. We set off from Rouen, through some light rain, to meet up with Albert Figg. Our assigned mission was to pick up some of his books and take them to the museum at Saint...
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