Unpublished Arromanches Photos

Paul Reed · 01-06-2008, 06:01 PM

Had an email from the owner of this blog who has put up some very interesting photos of Arromanches and soldiers/units who were there:

Arromanches1944's blog - Arromanches 1944 - Skyrock.com

von Poop · 01-06-2008, 07:31 PM

I wish I'd found 300 WW2 photographs in my Granddad's basement...

Love the one of the chaps smoking next to the mine field & no smoking sign, but that cheesy grin from the life-jacketed Dday Bren Gunner on page one makes it the pick of the bunch for me.

kfz · 01-06-2008, 08:00 PM

Dispatch rider. Seems very proud. Well eqiped to, with his bike boots, guantlets and Jerkin.

Great pictures.

jmaccyd · 01-06-2008, 08:22 PM

What an interesting find. Thanks for the post

Owen · 01-06-2008, 10:21 PM

What some utterly brilliant photos.
Someone tell Rich P about the DR on the Aerial in there.
I expect Iain would like to see the Redcaps too.

Bodston · 02-06-2008, 12:10 AM

'Tommies in helmets', for me. All shapes and sizes. Lovely shot. An excellent archive. Thanks for sharing.

Bod

karltrowitz · 23-09-2008, 11:07 PM

Great photos, the RN Sub-Lieutenant looks very businesslike and is exactly what you expect a Navy officer to look like.

soren1941 · 23-09-2008, 11:13 PM

Stunning pictures, thanks Paul

Rich Payne · 23-09-2008, 11:29 PM

I missed this thread first time around. Thanks chaps.

Wonderful uniform detail shots. Wonder if he's got any more motor-bikey pictures ?

deejay · 01-10-2008, 11:56 AM

I've just posted a couple of 1944 motorbike pictures on the blog - thanks a lot for visiting the blog and for your comments on this forum.

As you might have understood, my sole aim is to share these photographs with as many people as possible as a tribute to the men who sailed across the Channel to free Europe from German rule.

01-06-2008, 06:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent/France Posts: 3,601	Unpublished Arromanches Photos Had an email from the owner of this blog who has put up some very interesting photos of Arromanches and soldiers/units who were there: Arromanches1944's blog - Arromanches 1944 - Skyrock.com __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

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von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,473	I wish I'd found 300 WW2 photographs in my Granddad's basement... Love the one of the chaps smoking next to the mine field & no smoking sign, but that cheesy grin from the life-jacketed Dday Bren Gunner on page one makes it the pick of the bunch for me. __________________ It's only the Internet.

02-06-2008, 12:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bodston Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: just around the corner Posts: 1,445	'Tommies in helmets', for me. All shapes and sizes. Lovely shot. An excellent archive. Thanks for sharing. Bod __________________ My mother told me, I never should, play with the gypsies in the wood.

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karltrowitz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Posts: 14	Great photos, the RN Sub-Lieutenant looks very businesslike and is exactly what you expect a Navy officer to look like. __________________ http://www.freewebs.com/middixgunners/ Chamberlain seemed such a nice old gentleman that I thought I would give him my autograph. ---Adolf Hitler If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through. ---General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett

23-09-2008, 11:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
soren1941 Living in Ypres Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ypres Posts: 517	Stunning pictures, thanks Paul __________________ Sample 'Michael Wittmann' Passchendaele Prints ~ WW1 & WW2 themed prints http://passchendaeleprints.com/ I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. Soren Kierkegaard

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kfz Very Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 1,143	Dispatch rider. Seems very proud. Well eqiped to, with his bike boots, guantlets and Jerkin. Great pictures.

01-06-2008, 08:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
jmaccyd Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 10	What an interesting find. Thanks for the post

01-06-2008, 10:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 9,464	What some utterly brilliant photos. Someone tell Rich P about the DR on the Aerial in there. I expect Iain would like to see the Redcaps too.

23-09-2008, 11:29 PM	#9 (permalink)
Rich Payne Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 737	I missed this thread first time around. Thanks chaps. Wonderful uniform detail shots. Wonder if he's got any more motor-bikey pictures ? __________________ 1939 ex-BEF Norton WD16H restoration detailed on http://www.wdnorton.nl/

01-10-2008, 11:56 AM	#10 (permalink)
deejay Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Lorraine, France Posts: 2	I've just posted a couple of 1944 motorbike pictures on the blog - thanks a lot for visiting the blog and for your comments on this forum. As you might have understood, my sole aim is to share these photographs with as many people as possible as a tribute to the men who sailed across the Channel to free Europe from German rule.

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