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F/L William Francis “Cookie” Cook DFC

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Master Sergeant Everett S. Thomas

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10 Jan, 2019
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Leslie Gilbert

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02 Nov, 1944
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Leslie Gilbert was the fourth of eight children born to Lily and Trewern Gilbert in Bognor Regis, Sussex in early 1924.

 

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Flight Lieutenant Joseph Philippe Suzor

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08 Jun, 2022
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Honorary Wildcat

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21 Feb, 2018
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Dennis Egan

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03 Oct, 1944
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Photo: Dennis when he was visiting us (2007) during the commemoration of WW2 with the Airgunners in Dronten

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Stanley Coleman-7th Green Howards

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05 Mar, 2022
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Stanley Coleman

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George Klein, the man who wanted to be a Ranger

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24 Aug, 2017
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Don Wills Story, Loss of Lancaster LM675

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17 Sep, 1944
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A View from the Minesweeper's Bridge

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15 Feb, 2022
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Don McCarthy

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07 Aug, 2017
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Charlie Dunn

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04 Aug, 1944
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Norton Lee

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19 Jul, 2021
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A.R.H. Barton's Battle of Britain story

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28 Mar, 2017
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Clinton Kwaak

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06 Jun, 1944
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by Rob and Katie Vogels (who have taken up the honourable task to make these ‘Clinton Kwaak Memorial Pages’ on Back to Normandy.)

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Per Ardua Ad Astra

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05 Jan, 2021
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Waldo Werft,15382094 HQ Co. Regimental Medical Detachment, 16 Inf.Regt., 1 Inf. Div.

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26 Oct, 2015
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Sgt. J. L. Doolittle

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06 Jun, 1944
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Quite a story. Thanks for sharing it with me."

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Een nieuw leven

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08 Sep, 2020
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George Batts

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07 Jun, 2014
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 An interview with George Batts, National Secretary Normandy Veterans Association (NVA)

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Michael Accordino

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06 Jun, 1944
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Some time ago I had contact with this remarkable person and asked him to tell me more about his landing on Omaha beach, June 6th 1944
Here is his story:

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How Bill Brown found his son in Holland 50 years later

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14 Aug, 2020
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Who knows the name of this soldier of the Princess Irene Brigade

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09 Nov, 2011
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A request reached Back to Normandy.

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Major Dick Winters (EASY COMPANY)

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06 Jun, 1944
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Dick Winters

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Flying Officer Richard Cyril Joseph Brown

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12 Jan, 2020
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Alastair Hardy

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02 May, 1945
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This is about my uncle Alastair Hardie from Kirriemuir in Scotland. In many ways his story is not an exceptional one.

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Malcolm Petfield

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06 Jun, 1944
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Malcolm Petfield "Lofty"

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Wartime Experiences of Lawrence William McGowen 

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16 Jul, 2019
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Mrs. Marie LIPSTADT-PINHAS found!

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27 Apr, 1945
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I am Michael Accordino. I landed o­n DDay, Omaha Beach 1st wave with the 299th Engineer Combat Battalion. Our objective blow the beach obstaclesfor the following waves. June of 2004 I returned to Normandy for the 60th Anniversary of DDay. 

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Vera Lynn

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05 Mar, 1944
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Dame Vera Lynn

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Harry Billinge

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07 Jun, 2019
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Mervyn Kersh

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21 Apr, 1945
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Phil Paddock, Royal Air Force World War II

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19 Feb, 1944
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Donald J. KOOS

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18 Mar, 2019
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Wing Commander Richard Edgar Peter Brooker

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16 Apr, 1945
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Richard Edgar Peter Brooker war history

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Battle of Britain Pilot Flt./Lt. S.H.Bazley R.A.F.

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02 Mar, 1941
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Sydney Howarth Bazley Flight Lieutenant

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Fred Vogels

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22 Jan, 2019
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Lipton’s zigzag Bastogne story

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05 Jan, 1945
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D-Day – Pathways of Courage

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01 Jan, 1939
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D-Day – Pathways of Courage

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