Felix Hervè Talbot Bowness, Royal Berkshire Regiment

Better known as Fred Quilley in Hi De Hi served in the Royal Berkshires during WW2 I was wondering if anyone knew which Battalion as he says he landed on one of the beaches on D Day. And would it have been Juno?
Many thanks
Linda

 

5 R BERKS was the core infantry battalion of No.5 Beach Group in charge of NAN Sector, JUNO Assault Area.

The allotments of their various elements to craft may be found in the JUNO Landing Tables:
JUNO BEACH.
and
New Resource - Landing Table - 3 Canadian Infantry Division Brigade Groups

Michel

 

And according to this he was lucky Felix Bowness

Second World War
At the outbreak of the Second World War, he joined the Royal Berkshire Regiment as a signalman. At the D-Day landings in Normandy, after his landing craft was hit and sunk, he only remembered waking in a French convent. During recovery he attended a Vera Lynn concert, after which she gave him a singing lesson.[2]

Mike