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 | Jun 20, 2017 | Normandy Trips
Day 10 – Sunday 5th June Hill 112 with Albert Figg An awesome breakfast restored our good humour (as did my increasing fluency in French – this time unaided by Calvados & wine!). Mme Baratte explained that she sometimes enjoyed doing some silly & unusual...
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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