I'm there for the D Day commemorations this year anyone else going ??
I'm there for the D Day commemorations this year anyone else going ??
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
Great pictures. I always like seeing pictures of the Atlantic Wall and what my fellow Americans as well as those brave British and Canadians managed to plow over on 6 June 1944.
If anyone here ever visits Normandy and would be willing to take some close up pictures of my great uncles grave marker, I would appreciate it very much.
Northumbria ACF is sending some army cadets from each coy to the 65th anniversary this year.
should be a great event, i myself am not going but i would love to arrange a visit with my own cadets at some point in the future.
Where the tanks pulled from the ocean (salt water) or have they just rusted over the years! Joe
Hi Joe, the tanks to which you refer to (seen in post number 3) are all recovered from the sea.
Cheers, Ade.
This is the wrecks Museum at Port en Bessin , most of the recovered vehicles were recoverd off Omaha where many of them went down because they tried to come ashore against the swell , the American crews not having been trained in any seamanship as the British Tank crews had by the Royal Navy.
Another tragedy of Omaha
Interestingly in the Priest self propelled gun when it was recovered were some docs and a bit of uniform in a sealed box , these were traced to the Gun commander who was still alive in the States having survived the sinkingof his gun !!!
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
I used to go there for vacation and everytime i had to stop at a Canadian war cemetery and the one you are talking about the German one where like you i was looking at the age of those kids . And i found this cemetary( the German one) for unknown reason so relaxing and so peaceful that i could pass hours just walking and looking at those names .
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