Owen just repaired my hyperlink to this thread (Thanks, Owen) which I haven't visited for some time for which I apologise to all interested parties. He also mentioned being on a side street watching the Allies march down the Champs Elysee having already been there for 3 days I think - is it possible to track down the GCI he was part of and where it went?Īlot of things tie up but I cannot find his name anywhere - am I heading up the wrong path. The recount by Corporal Heathcote ( ) - where a landing craft gets beached on a sandbank and all the gear sinks to the bottom of the sea followed by the crew struggling to shore and using whatever they could to dig a foxhole is exactly the story my Grandfather to me (he actually said they also uncovered a landmine - which the promptly covered marked and moved away from. I noticed in the book by Leslie Robinson on RAF Beach Units that many of the those units were under Group 85 but on the day were listed under 83 Group because it had the ability to manage them on the beach. He was definitely RAF (Mechanical trade - LAC))and that his role was to look after communications - setup/maintenance. I think he was on Omaha and may have been in one of the RAF Beach Squadrons He talked about his landing craft being driven being under the command of an American with a huge cigar in his mouth and that there landing craft beached itself and all of there gear went straight to the bottom of the sea when they left the craft. His service record says 4/6/44 - 5276 D Unit 85 Group (G&J) before being moved to 83 G.C.C on New Years Eve of 45. He mentioned also that he was early into Paris but he mentioned it so little we are not sure. He saidhe was on the American Omaha beach at DDay as part of the Mechanical team. He only spoke once about the war as many did I am sureĪfter Malta He than came back and was stationed at Chigwell. I am looking for some help and useful links about Grandfather - John (Jack) Robertson time in the war. BTW re Jokes thread, liked the one about Starbucks. Should have kept my head down in the first place, I suppose, so don't expect the pickies just yet. But just as it's all nicely healed up they dropped a note on the doormat yesterday calling me back for them to dig a bit deeper next Wednesday as the greedy buggers want some more!. They retrieved some extraneous matter, through a hole in my skull, that seems to be replacing the grey matter - but nice to know there's still some of that there LOL. Reason I couldn't make it for this year's 6th June anniversary was due to being scheduled for some investigative head surgery two days later. Will have to look out some photos of the visit if anybody is interested. How kind you all are! I thought I reported back on my visit when Commanding General of 12th Infantry Div of USNG paid his respects to our memorial (Gosh! It can't be two years ago, can it?!). Only came here for a laugh at the Jokes thread.
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