Relatives at D-Day?

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My Dad was 'called up' in May 1939 and served in 2nd Bn Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). He went to France with the BEF and like Sunjester's uncle was captured during the retreat to Dunkirk in May 1940, spending the rest of the war in various POW camps in Germany and Poland. He took part in the 'death march' across Poland and Germany in 1945 and was liberated by Patton's 3rd US Army. His experience of the German guards was a bit different from Genom's granddad based on how he saw the ordinary German soldiers treated (sorry, miss-treated) the Polish and Russian prisoners in camps next to his.

In the 1960's and early 1970's we went to Germany together several times and I wouldn't like to say here what he said he would do if he happened to meet one of those guards again......

Bearing in mind that he spent 5 years (of his early twenties) in prison camps I never remember him being bitter about what happened to him but thought of himself as being a lot luckier than so many others who did not return.

Thanks Dad.

Cheers Paul

[Wonkey Donkeys]

Not sure where my Grandfather was on D-Day but he did end up in the Nuremberg Trials a year later.



As a trial photographer for the British Army !

On the other hand my wife's grandfather captained one of these on D-Day
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