November 30, 2018 – 1:08 pm
Day 9 – Friday 8th June Back to the UK For a change, I’d got the timings right with regard to the Chunnel crossings, in that I gave us plenty of time to get there from our final night’s accommodation in France – the Rollus Brewery. In the past, even though I’ve apparently allowed plenty […]
November 29, 2018 – 11:52 am
Day 8 – Thursday 7th June Northwards into the sun A reasonably late start saw us on our slow way back home. Leaving the mist, drizzle & coolness that we’d experienced over the past few days behind us. For now it would be clear blue skies & very hot summer sun. Lunch was very elegant… […]
November 28, 2018 – 1:15 pm
Day 7 – Wednesday 6th June An exhibition, a museum, a possible memorial and a ceremony. An early and foggy start The unhelpful weather continued as we said “à bientôt” to Mme Barratte for another year. We headed off for the opening of a new exhibition in the village hall at St Martin de Besaces. […]
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November 18, 2018 – 6:39 pm
Day 6 – Tuesday 5th June Annual Hill 112 Ceremony For many years, now, we’ve attended the small ceremony on Hill 112 to commemorate the veterans of both sides who fought & died in Operations EPSOM & JUPITER. The main commemoration is in July (on the Sunday nearest to the commencement of Operation JUPITER). However […]
November 18, 2018 – 5:58 pm
Day 5 – Monday 4th June This ended up being a long day with an equally long post! Following the war diaries to the capture sites of some of the men and returning to Noir Nuit. War diaries in detail So, after the extreme heat of the past two days, a later start saw us […]
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Tagged 1st Hampshire Regt, 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment, 2nd Devonshire Regt, 2nd Essex Regiment, 4th Lincolnshire Regiment, 50th Division, 5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 6th Battalion Green Howards, 7th Battalion Green Howards, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Cpl V Scott, CWGC, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Fontenay le Pesnel, Hottot les Bagues, La Poterie, Longraye, Noir Nuit, Operation MAORI I, Operation MAORI II, Pte A Oliver, Pte AE Smith, Pte CA Wellings, Pte G Reid, Pte NHT Welch, Pte PD White, Rauray
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August 15, 2018 – 8:29 pm
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 time. Whilst he lay thinking there […]
Posted in 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
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Tagged 11th Armoured Division, 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, 231 Brigade, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, 50th Division, 50th Tyne Tees Division, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, Albert Figg, Cpl J Chapman, David Mabbutt, Hottot les Bagues Cemetery, Jean Menard, Manchester Military History Society, Mark Kentell, Operation BLUECOAT, Peter Findlay, Pte D Lawrence, Pte S Brunt, Pte TH Blunt, The Lone House, Tilly sur Seulles
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August 15, 2018 – 6:28 pm
Day 3 – Saturday 2nd June Off on the Chunnel As usual, we crossed via the “Chunnel” (or Channel Tunnel to give it it’s proper name). For us, this this is a quick way of getting over to mainland Europe. Our B&B didn’t provide breakfast! So, as a result we’d picked an early crossing. Perhaps […]
August 15, 2018 – 6:24 pm
Today would be more about beer than WW2 – with two brewery taps and several micropubs. Although we would manage an RAF museum along the way. Locomotive on the M25 Yes, you read that correctly! Leaving Aylesbury following a fulfilling breakfast, we headed towards the M25 – the ring-road motorway around London. Whilst you’d expect […]
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Day 10 – Thursday 8th June Paying our respects at Hottot les Bagues We had a couple of things planned for our final day in Normandy; needless to say they didn’t go as anticipated! We were a little later leaving in the morning than we had planned. So, having visited the Commonwealth graves at Hottot […]
