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 | 1st Lt FT Gillespie, Flt Lt John W Harder, M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Major Ray Elledge Jnr, Normandy Trips, Pvt Gerald Willen
Day 9 – Wednesday 7th June A walk around Estry This morning we spent time looking around the village of Estry. Taking photographs of the locations of damaged and destroyed Churchill tanks following the battle to liberate the village. Colin needed these in...
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 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 | 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...
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