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 | 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 | Nov 4, 2013 | Normandy Trips
Operation BLUECOAT, Sainte-Mère-Église and UTAH Beach Following Operation BLUECOAT In the past, whenever we’ve visited Normandy and followed the tour of Opertion BLUECOAT laid out in the back of Ian Daglish’s book on the subject, we’ve always started...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 4, 2013 | Normandy Trips
Heading South And they’re off! Normandy 2013 here we come… Up bright and early (well, one of us was!) and load up the car… Yes, there are only two of us going! Then on to the Motorway & heading south, with music from our past sounding clear over...
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...
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