The Men in the Shed

Day 8: 7th June

by | Sep 8, 2012 | Normandy Trips

3rd Battalion Scots Guards, Hill 226 & Operation BLUECOAT As mentioned earlier, investigating this unit’s contribution to the success of Operation BLUECOAT has been another interest of mine and earlier in the year, I delivered a talk to the South Manchester...

Day 7: 6th June

by | 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...