Today inspired me to drag out what little I have on my late father's War service. And I have to apologise for him being a Captain RA at the time, with 59 Div.
As he told me, he was due to land on D-Day on SWORD, but fortunately a late re-arrangement of forces led to him landing c. D+7. Four weeks later (11 July) he was WiA, and the WO letter to my mother says "blast to left ear, perforated right ear and abrasions." Shipped home, he was then too old to be redeployed, and spent the rest of the War [as he had done before] on Home Service ... latterly on Recruiting. Overall, a nice safe war, unlike so many.
Te unveiling of the Memorial this morning at Ver-sur-Mer inspired me to drag out his map of the area at the time [Bayeux>Caen. CREULLY, Sheet 7E/5]. The map is, properly, unmarked!
We will ALWAYS remember them.
Last edited by MPN11; 6th Jun 2019 at 19:46.