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My Dad who was in the 2nd Batt Coldstream Guards had a photo taken at a reniunion with one of the chaps in a wheelchair. He told me the reason was that, in an incident where on of their vehicles (I think it may have been a Bren gun carrier) was stopped by other British troops and asked to give some of them a lift. The guy commanding the Bren gun carrier refused and went to drive on. One of the stragglers took a pot shot at the carrier and hit the driver (the guy in the wheel chair) disabling him for life.
My Dad, like most others didn't talk much about his experiences and I am tracking down his movements both during the retreat and his experiences as a "guest" in Stalag VIIIB. He did, however, once tell me that the most terrifying sound he ever heard was the whistle of a Stuka dive bomber during it's dive before releasing it's bombs.
Bri
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