Back From Normandy

Paul Reed · 15-08-2007, 12:13 AM

Just got back from Normandy - a most welcome holiday, but of course also an excuse to see some old and new haunts. Will post some more when I have had time to sort my photos out. Weather was superb, as you will see from the below!

Owen · 15-08-2007, 12:15 AM

Welcome back Paul, if I don't see a sky as blue as that I will be p*ssed orf!

spidge · 15-08-2007, 01:13 PM

Welcome back Paul,

Look forward to the happy snaps.

morse1001 · 15-08-2007, 01:21 PM

welcome back Paul

marcus69x · 15-08-2007, 03:00 PM

Welcome back Paul. Hope you had a good'n.

Paul Reed · 15-08-2007, 06:29 PM

Have put some images up on my Flickr account:

Normandy 2007 - a photoset on Flickr

One of my favourites is:

Paul Reed · 15-08-2007, 06:31 PM

I recently picked up some medals to a Normandy casualty and went down to see his grave at St Charles de Percy. Wonder if his parents ever made the trip?

<TABLE class=datatable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="97%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR id=tr_name><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Name:</TH><TD id=td_name>FERRELL, ARCHIBALD FREDERICK</TD></TR><TR id=tr_initials><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Initials:</TH><TD id=td_initials>A F</TD></TR><TR id=tr_nationality><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Nationality:</TH><TD id=td_nationality>United Kingdom</TD></TR><TR id=tr_rank><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Rank:</TH><TD id=td_rank>Private</TD></TR><TR id=tr_regiment><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Regiment/Service:</TH><TD id=td_regiment>Hampshire Regiment</TD></TR><TR id=tr_age><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Age:</TH><TD id=td_age>23</TD></TR><TR id=tr_death><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Date of Death:</TH><TD id=td_death>31/07/1944</TD></TR><TR id=tr_service><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Service No:</TH><TD id=td_service>1763168</TD></TR><TR id=tr_information><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Additional information:</TH><TD id=td_information>Son of George and Jane Ferrell, of Hampstead, London.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_type><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Casualty Type:</TH><TD id=td_type>Commonwealth War Dead</TD></TR><TR id=tr_grave><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Grave/Memorial Reference:</TH><TD id=td_grave>XIII. G. 14.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_cemetery><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Cemetery:</TH><TD id=td_cemetery>ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Paul Reed · 15-08-2007, 06:33 PM

One rather odd find was how Wittmann's grave at la Cambe is looking these days:

Paul Reed · 15-08-2007, 06:34 PM

Compare it to 2001:

Paul Reed · 15-08-2007, 06:35 PM

Found quite a lot of Australian airman for Spidge:

15-08-2007, 12:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France Posts: 2,851	Back From Normandy Just got back from Normandy - a most welcome holiday, but of course also an excuse to see some old and new haunts. Will post some more when I have had time to sort my photos out. Weather was superb, as you will see from the below! __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

15-08-2007, 01:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,919	Welcome back Paul, Look forward to the happy snaps. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

15-08-2007, 01:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
morse1001 Very Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland Posts: 4,686	welcome back Paul __________________ WWW.WARFARETODAY.com

15-08-2007, 06:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France Posts: 2,851	Have put some images up on my Flickr account: Normandy 2007 - a photoset on Flickr One of my favourites is: __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

15-08-2007, 06:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France Posts: 2,851	I recently picked up some medals to a Normandy casualty and went down to see his grave at St Charles de Percy. Wonder if his parents ever made the trip? <TABLE class=datatable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="97%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR id=tr_name><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Name:</TH><TD id=td_name>FERRELL, ARCHIBALD FREDERICK</TD></TR><TR id=tr_initials><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Initials:</TH><TD id=td_initials>A F</TD></TR><TR id=tr_nationality><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Nationality:</TH><TD id=td_nationality>United Kingdom</TD></TR><TR id=tr_rank><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Rank:</TH><TD id=td_rank>Private</TD></TR><TR id=tr_regiment><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Regiment/Service:</TH><TD id=td_regiment>Hampshire Regiment</TD></TR><!-- <tr> <td vAlign="top" align="left" width="30%">Force:</td> <td id="td_force"></td> </tr>--><TR id=tr_age><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Age:</TH><TD id=td_age>23</TD></TR><TR id=tr_death><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Date of Death:</TH><TD id=td_death>31/07/1944</TD></TR><TR id=tr_service><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Service No:</TH><TD id=td_service>1763168</TD></TR><TR id=tr_information><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Additional information:</TH><TD id=td_information>Son of George and Jane Ferrell, of Hampstead, London.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_type><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Casualty Type:</TH><TD id=td_type>Commonwealth War Dead</TD></TR><TR id=tr_grave><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Grave/Memorial Reference:</TH><TD id=td_grave>XIII. G. 14.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_cemetery><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Cemetery:</TH><TD id=td_cemetery>ST. CHARLES DE PERCY WAR CEMETERY</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

15-08-2007, 12:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 8,593	Welcome back Paul, if I don't see a sky as blue as that I will be p*ssed orf!

15-08-2007, 03:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
marcus69x I love WW2 meah!!! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Middlesbrough, UK Posts: 1,345	Welcome back Paul. Hope you had a good'n.

15-08-2007, 06:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France Posts: 2,851	One rather odd find was how Wittmann's grave at la Cambe is looking these days: __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

15-08-2007, 06:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France Posts: 2,851	Compare it to 2001: __________________ The WW2 Society: Remembering those from Britain & The Commonwealth who served 1939-45 - http://www.battlefieldsww2.50megs.com/ww2_society.htm

15-08-2007, 06:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
Paul Reed Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France Posts: 2,851	Found quite a lot of Australian airman for Spidge: __________________ 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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