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A veteran interview with

Bob Conway

Bob Conway was a fire watcher and part of the Home Guard before joining the 192 Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) at eighteen. During the Normandy Campaign and Operation Overlord, he transported gasoline into tanks and ammunition to guns via large army vehicles. 

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About Bob Conway

Bob Conway grew up in the East End of London during the 1930s. Before serving in the army, he was a fire watcher – trained to detect and extinguish potential fire hazards – and worked as part of the Home Guard. At eighteen years of age, Bob volunteered for the transport company known as 192 Royal Army Service Corps (RASC). During the Normandy Campaign, he worked long, solitary day shifts to locate and transfer gasoline into tanks and ammunition to guns via artic vehicles and cargo ships from the South of England – Kent, the Isle of Wight – to Arromanche in France. Bob’s duties would also take him to Normandy during Operation Overlord, also known as D-Day, – where he drove American Mack trucks and Studebakers –  and to Belgium, Germany, and Denmark. Bob has been a proud member of the Normandy Veterans Association since its establishment. After the war, he continued to drive for the field ambulance company for a few years, transporting people requiring medical assistance.

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A veteran interview with

Bob Conway

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Bob Conway was a fire watcher and part of the Home Guard before joining the 192 Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) at eighteen. During the Normandy Campaign and Operation Overlord, he transported gasoline into tanks and ammunition to guns via large army vehicles. 

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