ferrettkitt Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/britain-at-war/10105879/Top-Secret-D-Day-orders-emerge-69-years-after-they-should-have-been-destroyed.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 wow great news when me and my wife went to normandy a few years ago there was an old gentleman sat on his own in a resturant having a meal. we got talking to him and he told us a great story about d day and how he was there early hours on d day sweeping the channel clear of mines on a minesweeper . he got quite upset saying that they never got mentioned. at the end of the night i payed his bill and supplied him with beer my wife gave him a big hug . he was very emotional and sayed i thought people didnt care anymore ,i proved him wrong he was a great guy to meet . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locolines Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 wow great news when me and my wife went to normandy a few years ago there was an old gentleman sat on his own in a resturant having a meal. we got talking to him and he told us a great story about d day and how he was there early hours on d day sweeping the channel clear of mines on a minesweeper . he got quite upset saying that they never got mentioned. at the end of the night i payed his bill and supplied him with beer my wife gave him a big hug . he was very emotional and sayed i thought people didnt care anymore ,i proved him wrong he was a great guy to meet . Well done for doing that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown cow Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 After seeing this item I dug out a folder I bought years ago, which came with a battle jerkin (what I was interested in) The previous owner was a Major Peter Chance, the Brigade Major for the 27th Armd Brigade at the time of D-Day and the papers he kept were various orders issued for the D-Day landings (file copy #63) I'll attach some interesting pages , after a couple of hours scanning approx 64 pages. Andrew B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddy Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 An amazing read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utt61 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Very interesting indeed, and very evocative! Thank you for posting these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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