La Percée du Bocage @musee44
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7th August 1944 my father was killed in action near Estry in the Norman Bocage country.
2 more Portsmouth men who died on this day during the Normandy Campaign. Henry Edward Davis, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards aged 20 and Private Eric Norman Harris, 1st Bn Hampshire Regiment. Buried in St Charles de Percy & Bayeaux Cemetery respectively.
I've spent quite a lot of time transcribing the war diaries of units in Belgium recently, so couldn't resist when a photoalbum appeared on ebay. Anyone recognise the town?
Just uploaded the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment August 1944 war diary covering the units time in France fighting from the area around La Douette towards the River Seine normandywarguide.com/war-diaries/2n…
1994-2014 Le Musée de La Percée du Bocage fêtera ses 30 ans cette année. Le Musée de La Percée du Bocage est né de la volonté de son fondateur Jean Ménard qui, alors jeune adolescent, se mit à fleurir les tombes provisoires des soldats britanniques tombés sous les balles.
Currently transcribing the 9 Royal Tank Regiment June war diary but having trouble deciphering some it, can anyone make out some of the missing bits?
Another map not currently available online arrived today, ready for scanning and adding to the site!
Just uploaded the 75th Anti Tank Regiment (Royal Artillery) October 1944 war diary covering the units actions in The Netherlands normandywarguide.com/war-diaries/75…
Just uploaded the 75th Anti Tank Regiment (Royal Artillery) August 1944 war diary covering the units actions advancing from Le Beny Bocage Eastwards to Amiens normandywarguide.com/war-diaries/75…
1/2 Sometimes you get get very lucky with photographs attached to the war diaries like these from the 2nd Fife and Forfar 1943 regimental war diary.
@ww1cemeteries Opportunity yesterday with @HomeFrontMuseum to visit @CWGC St Charles de Percy, in Bocage country #Normandy. Original shot taken after #WW2 towards end of 1945 #LestWeForget
A Distant Drum - Combined Tanks and infantry come under Nebelwerfer fire requiring a hurried exit and cover in ditch on the way to St Charles de Percy, unpublished photos all from the book available for £16.00 see my pinned tweet for info #operationbluecoat, #Coldstreamguards
Always interesting to find commemorative messages on graves at home to those who fell overseas. Christopher Kelly, mentioned on this one in Plumstead, is at St Charles de Percy war Cemetery, Normandy.
Cimetière britannique de St-Charles-de-Percy: ce qu’il faut savoir avant de visiter ce site du D-Day ouest-france.fr/d-day/cimetier… via @OuestFrance
Just uploaded the 75th Anti Tank Regiment (Royal Artillery) July 1944 war diary covering the units actions in Normandy advancing from Odon Bridgehead to area La Bertherie normandywarguide.com/war-diaries/75…
Started planning my next trip to the National Archives to digitise more war diaries, let me know any units you'd like adding to the site next!
Lovely remembrance service at Bridlington priory ⚘ Spiritual home of the 23rd Hussars, not forgotten.
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2 more Portsmouth men who died on this day during the Normandy Campaign. Henry Edward Davis, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards aged 20 and Private Eric Norman Harris, 1st Bn Hampshire Regiment. Buried in St Charles de Percy & Bayeaux Cemetery respectively.
@sworrall @sallyacb275 @CWGC No Simon, it's at Charles de Percy, though I will pay my respects to Trooper Cheshire. There's a museum at Ch-d-Pe dedicated to the 11th armoured division, that's amongst many on my, to visit, list.
@Thorley_forDad @NewsUKArchives @NewsUKLicensing @Robbidoo68 @RobertGlenniePT @musee44 Bill was very modest. He only gave a few details of his time out. He and Jack Esten were the first Brits in Rouen even before the Winnipeg Rifles. He is better known for Market Garden where he is mentioned in the Irish Guards official history.
@mbarnesn16 @NewsUKArchives @NewsUKLicensing @Robbidoo68 @RobertGlenniePT @musee44 Thanks, it was the text 'he led them back to our jeep' that made me think of Bill.
@mbarnesn16 @NewsUKArchives @NewsUKLicensing @Robbidoo68 @RobertGlenniePT Would these be Bill's do you think Mark ? Maybe printed in the Times. @musee44
@Thorley_forDad @NewsUKArchives @NewsUKLicensing @Robbidoo68 @RobertGlenniePT @musee44 I don't recognise them. The right hand shot is the Daily Sketch or Daily Herald. The left hand looks like the Mail or one of the 3 London Evening papers
#onthisday 15 April 1945 – Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated the British 11th Armoured Division. Bergen-Belsen, or Belsen, was a Nazi concentration camp in what is today Lower Saxony in northern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally…
@ReassessHistory 2/2 Argyll and Sutherland highlanders. 172 Bty, 58 LAA Regt R.A. British 11th armoured division, 8th Corps
@cluelesspegg @WeHaveWaysPod One for you Ian, 11th armoured division, HQ squadron vehicle, he's not the chaplain obviously.
@NeilStott14 11th armoured division alert. It was the first bridge accross the Weser, it was 320' long and built by 249th field company Royal Engineers. 1st battalion Herefordshire regiment crossed with the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry.
@GaryCla82665078 @rgpoulussen Another souvenir hunter (pun intended) Gary. This one's from HQ Squadron, 29th armoured brigade, 11th armoured division, taken in Germany. #WW2 #History Someone's published online a fantastic personal album, most of the txt is in German tho'
7th August 1944 my father was killed in action near Estry in the Norman Bocage country.
1994-2014 Le Musée de La Percée du Bocage fêtera ses 30 ans cette année. Le Musée de La Percée du Bocage est né de la volonté de son fondateur Jean Ménard qui, alors jeune adolescent, se mit à fleurir les tombes provisoires des soldats britanniques tombés sous les balles.
This is the 11th armoured division medal ceremony mentioned, John Langdon, 1 troop 3RTR (author of at the sharp end) is back row, 5th from the left, my Grandad is front row furthest left, looking very uncomfortable..
March 1945 with the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment.
@NewsUKArchives @NewsUKLicensing @Robbidoo68 @RobertGlenniePT @bermicourt @Peter_S_Bailey A screenshot for reference.
@BritishArmyWDs @aquitainexox He was with the 11th armoured division but I don’t know anything more as he never talked about it. I only found out from my Mum after he died. The only thing I do know was that he said “I never believed in hell before. Now I don’t believe in anything else.”
Just uploaded the 75th Anti Tank Regiment (Royal Artillery) August 1944 war diary covering the units actions advancing from Le Beny Bocage Eastwards to Amiens normandywarguide.com/war-diaries/75…
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