Fateful Night

Discussion in 'Airborne' started by BrianHall1963, Aug 10, 2020.

  1. BrianHall1963

    BrianHall1963 Well-Known Member

    76 years ago to near this hour a9 man fighting patrol went out to take out a MG position from7Para . Four men never came back in P Ely KMIA my uncle LtHoward KMIA A Burden KMIA and JWebster he is laid to rest in Ranville CWWG cemetery, one of the other three has a high probability of being in an unmarked grave found two years after the war and the other two still lay together , hopefully for not to much longer . So let’s all have a drink for these lads sacrifice , men aren’t made like them anymore
     
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  2. Dave McIntyre

    Dave McIntyre Pegasusred

    Hi Brian, great post. Is the source for this action from the War Diary of 7 Para or otherwise?
     
  3. BrianHall1963

    BrianHall1963 Well-Known Member

    Good evening Chris
    It’s part diary with company positions and Lt Howard ranks not named. I have known that the 10/11th was the date he was killed, for 50 years my mother thought he died at Arnhem she was 4 years old at the time. The names of the other 3 men came from research,I’ve been looking into his resting place actively for the last 3 years
     
  4. BrianHall1963

    BrianHall1963 Well-Known Member

    Please accept my apology DAVE
     
  5. BrianHall1963

    BrianHall1963 Well-Known Member

    This is for Chris C, I noticed you liked my post about the fateful night. Here is a picture of a Canadian lad, I found a newspaper about Dieppe.
     

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  6. BrianHall1963

    BrianHall1963 Well-Known Member

    It all photos
     

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