Like many people of my age I find it almost unbelievable that our fathers were fighting the Nazis in France in 1944 when we were children .
My father was in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry and took part in the assault on the beach known to the allies as Sword proceeding overland driving a tank to seize the town of Caen in Normandy.I found a number of carefully kept documents after his death which my mother gave to me.These are some of the most interesting .
One of his worst memories was the incapacitating seasickness he suffered on the landing craft and his relief that it disappeared as soon as he was on dry land.
I have the names of the soldiers in the photo that was taken before they left if anyone wants them.
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As the war progressed and the Germans were driven back the soldiers were given leave in Brussels in Belgium.
This was the advice given to them
My father was in the Northamptonshire Yeomanry and took part in the assault on the beach known to the allies as Sword proceeding overland driving a tank to seize the town of Caen in Normandy.I found a number of carefully kept documents after his death which my mother gave to me.These are some of the most interesting .
One of his worst memories was the incapacitating seasickness he suffered on the landing craft and his relief that it disappeared as soon as he was on dry land.
I have the names of the soldiers in the photo that was taken before they left if anyone wants them.
As the war progressed and the Germans were driven back the soldiers were given leave in Brussels in Belgium.
This was the advice given to them
Leslie Green
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