I was at Dieppe for the 65th Anniversary of the Raid and attended the night time vigil at Cemitiere Verdus and the day time commemeration in Dieppe. I was able to meet British and Canadian veterans who took part in the Raid and a french historian who had written a book about the events of 19 August 1942.
It was all very moving and made you feel very proud to be singing "God Save The Queen" during the service with these brave veterans.
I was able to narrow down my fathers role at Dieppe, in particular where he was on that 12 mile front, just by talking to the vets. My father was in special ops and was not officially there. He was in 6 Commando and there is no reference to that unit being there. I beleive he was loaned out to do a specific task (he could speak French and German) and I am trying to narrow that one down.
The vigil at Verdus 18 August 2007
