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 relation to his war gaming group, and his military history society. […]
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Tagged Estry, Francis Gillespie, John Harder, Morris Sheppard, Ray Elledge, Tilly sur Seulles, Tony & Jill Stansfield
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Day 8 – Tuesday 6th June A late start! We had a late start today. Partly as we’d decided on a leisurely lie-in, but more to do with the previous night’s socialising! Chasing Ray Elledge and other Americans (again!) Our plan for the day was to use the narrative in Ray Elledge’s manuscript to try […]
Day 4 – Friday 2nd June Mixing history An early start saw us arrive at the Eurotunnel terminal in time to catch a train prior to that on which we were scheduled. Arriving earlier in France than planned allowed us to spend an hour walking around Cap Gris-Nez. Here we took photographs of both the […]
Day 08 – Friday 3rd June Remembering Bill Sullivan An early morning start saw us headed off to Ste Mere Église . Or rather the farm complex just to the East at La Fiere to meet up with Elizabeth Sullivan (wife of Veteran Bill Sullivan) & her niece, Denise. Unfortunately, Bill has succumbed to Alzheimer’s […]
At La Fiere A reasonably early start saw us arriving at the Sullivan family accommodation at La Fiere which is on the banks of the river Merderet which is a key battle in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division Elizabeth, Bill’s wife had found some old wartime photos of Bill that she brought out […]
January 3, 2014 – 8:51 pm
A PoW’s journey You’ll recall that last year we met Bill Sullivan & his wife, Elizabeth, who, whilst not one of the “MenInTheShed”, gave me (via Morris Sheppard’s son, Jim) lots of information of the time when he was “on the run” with Morris, allowing us to re-find the places they’d been, I was proud to […]
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Tagged 3rd Battalion Scots Guards, 82nd Airborne Division, Al Krietsch, Bill Sullivan, Creances, Doville, La Chapelle sur Vire, La Cour d'Aisy, La Fiere, La Ronde Haye, Marty Knafl, Morris Sheppard, Operation BLUECOAT, Peter Findlay, River Merderet, Sainte Mere Eglise, The Monastery, Varenguebec
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I have been sent this photograph of Bill Sullivan on 2nd June 2012 when he visited Sainte Mère Église as part of his annual trip to Normandy. In the photograph with him is Jean Paul Mandier who kindly provided the photograph – thanks JeanPaul Bill wasn’t one of “The Men in the Shed”, but he […]
September 8, 2012 – 5:13 pm
Swapping history Before we could set off from Bayeux to meet Bill & Elizabeth Sullivan, we’d arranged to meet up with Stéphane Jacquet who is the curator of the museum at Tilly sur Seulles, just South of Bayeux. Stéphane and I had made contact through a Facebook group interested in the 6th Guards Tank Brigade […]
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Tagged 11th Armoured Division, 3rd Battalion Scots Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, Bayeux, Bill Sullivan, Calvados, Caumont l'Evente, Eroudeville, Montchamp, Morris Sheppard, Normandy, Operation BLUECOAT, Peter Findlay, SMATS, St Charles de Percy, Tilly sur Seulles, Tony & Jill Stansfield
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September 8, 2012 – 3:46 pm
This was quite a busy day, covering Operation EPSOM, the “Scottish Corridor” and Hill 112 and then on the trail of Ray Elledge and Francis Gillespie with some “Calvados hunting” in between. Operation EPSOM, the “Scottish Corridor” and Hill 112 Last year, we had visited the “shoulder” of the Operation EPSOM battlefield when we took a look around Rauray & […]
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Tagged 15th Scottish Division, 404th Fighter Group, 43rd Wessex Division, Advance Landing Ground, Albert Figg, Bayeux, Bill Sullivan, Caen, Calvados, Cheux, Churchill Tank, D Day, Eroudeville, Evrecy, Francis Gillespie, Hill 112, Ian Daglish, Jerusalem CWGC, La Chippelle, Milweb, Morris Sheppard, Musee la Percee du Bocage, Nigel Hay, Normandy, Operation BLUECOAT, Operation EPSOM, Operation JUPITER, Ray Elledge, River Odon, Sainte Mere Eglise, Scottish Corridor, Tourmauville, Tourville, Winkton
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December 22, 2011 – 9:53 pm
Normandy Trip July 2011 The first day As we had in July last year, Glyn and I set off looking forward to this trip as for part of it we would be in the company of a relative of one of the “men in the shed”. On this occasion, it would be Bobbie Harder, one […]
