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Peter Clare · 17-05-2008, 12:01 AM

Thanks Adam,

I'm attempting to research a War Memorial in Aberdovey, Mid Wales. My father is commemorated on the memorial and I thought I would have a go at discovering how the others named on it were lost, not done this sort of thing before, anyway one name is Major John Ryland Dain of the Leicestershire Regiment, Dain was killed on 26 August 1944, I have since discovered he died in France so your assumption that the Regiment were fighting towards Le Havre and crossing the Seine would seem to be correct.

Thanks also for the offer of 'looking into things' but at this point I think I'll stick to the info I now have, maybe in the future, it depends how deeply I go into this.

Once again, many thanks.
Peter

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Peter Clare Legendary Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Second star to the right, straight on till morning. Posts: 5,896	Thanks Adam, I'm attempting to research a War Memorial in Aberdovey, Mid Wales. My father is commemorated on the memorial and I thought I would have a go at discovering how the others named on it were lost, not done this sort of thing before, anyway one name is Major John Ryland Dain of the Leicestershire Regiment, Dain was killed on 26 August 1944, I have since discovered he died in France so your assumption that the Regiment were fighting towards Le Havre and crossing the Seine would seem to be correct. Thanks also for the offer of 'looking into things' but at this point I think I'll stick to the info I now have, maybe in the future, it depends how deeply I go into this. Once again, many thanks. Peter __________________ On weald of Kent I watched once more Again I heard that grumbling roar Of fighter planes; yet none were near And all around the sky was clear Borne on the wind a whisper came 'Though men grow old, they stay the same' And then I knew, unseen to eye The ageless Few were sweeping by Last edited by Peter Clare; 17-05-2008 at 12:11 AM.