by ColinAuthor | Jun 20, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 09 – Saturday 4th June Visiting St Vigor – where it all started Saturday morning saw us heading off to see Barrie & Stuart for a chat & a cuppa, and to update them on our new discoveries. It’s great to see their reactions. They are so proud to have a...
by ColinAuthor | May 27, 2015 | M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Uncategorized
At La Fiere A reasonably early start saw us arriving at the Sullivan family accommodation at La Fiere which is on the banks of the river Merderet which is a key battle in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division Elizabeth, Bill’s wife had found some old wartime...
by ColinAuthor | Sep 8, 2012 | M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Normandy Trips
Swapping history Before we could set off from Bayeux to meet Bill & Elizabeth Sullivan, we’d arranged to meet up with Stéphane Jacquet who is the curator of the museum at Tilly sur Seulles, just South of Bayeux. Stéphane and I had made contact through a...
by ColinAuthor | Sep 8, 2012 | 1st Lt FT Gillespie, M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Major Ray Elledge Jnr, Normandy Trips
This was quite a busy day, covering Operation EPSOM, the “Scottish Corridor” and Hill 112 and then on the trail of Ray Elledge and Francis Gillespie with some “Calvados hunting” in between. Operation EPSOM, the “Scottish...
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