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An interview with

Cliff Dalton

Cliff Dalton served with the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC).  On D-Day he...

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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David Greig

The Normandy invasion may have been frightening, but David Greig’s experiences in the fire service...

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Cyril Simms

Cyril Simms was a Royal Marine and during the Normandy Landings his LCG patrolled the...

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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons served with the Royal Signals as a Wireless Operator and was attached to...

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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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Bill Price

On D-Day, Bill Price sailed on one of the "Corn cobs”. These were ...

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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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Bob Conway

When he was seventeen Bob Conway joined the Royal Army Service Corps. During Operation Overlord...

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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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Roger Tomlinson

Lieutenant Colonel Roger Tomlinson shares stories of a horse that wouldn’t canter, choppers coming the...
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Military Musicians
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Geordie Thomson

Geordie Thomson a lad with a military music background got ‘the music bug’ playing in...
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Military Musicians
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Stuart Hall

Stuart Hall was a musician in the Grenadier Guards’ band attaining the rank of Corporal...
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Military Musicians
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Roger Swift

Major Roger Swift offered to be interrogated for a second time when the pupils from...
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Military Musicians
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Robert Ely

Robert Ely, had reached the rank of Warrant Officer First Class in the Parachute Regiment...
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Military Musicians
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Jeremy Ansell

A surprisingly modest account of his time in the military. Coming from a musical family,...
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Military Musicians
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An interview with

David Timms

David Timms recalls how a boy who was a handful, found himself handy with the...
Army
Military Musicians
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Bill Cameron

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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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Bill Ward

Bill was in the Kings Own Scottish Borders. He landed on Sword Beach and recalls...

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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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Laurie Weedon

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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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Eric Gower

As part of an armoured regiment Eric Gower found his progression slow going during those...

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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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Roy Clarke

To this day, as he gets ready to go to bed, Roy Clarke is thankful...
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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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Tom Finegan

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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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George Seal

‘When we landed, we knew we weren’t alone’. George Seal describes feeling safer because of...

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Peter Haughton

‘You were a fighting unit and you knew your job and you knew what you...

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Fred Lee

Fred’s mother was unhappy when he volunteered to join the Royal Navy in 1943 -...

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Percy Lewis

Percy Lewis experienced so much during the war, from the cold of the Scottish shores...

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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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Harry Rawlins

Harry felt it was a great honour to fight for King and country. Although he...

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An interview with

Cliff Dalton

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Service:
Army
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
Interviewed by:
Brig. C Elderton
An interview with

Nick Rumble

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Roy Clarke

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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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Cyril Simms

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Nick Carter

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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David Greig

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The Normandy invasion may have been frightening, but David Greig’s experiences in the fire service during the Blitz had prepared him well.
Service:
Army
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
An interview with

Harry Hopkins

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Walter Marshall

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Eddie Wallace

RAF
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Ken Cook

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Cyril Simms

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Navy
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
An interview with

D-Day school film

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Leonard Haldenby

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Eric Downing

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Charles Jeffries

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Daniel Lyons

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Service:
Army
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
An interview with

Jimmy Reynolds

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Jim Holmes

RAF
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Brian Bird

RAF
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Mervyn Kersh

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Bill Price

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On D-Day, Bill Price sailed on one of the "Corn cobs”. These were block ships that crossed the channel and were scuttled to create sheltered water at the five landing beaches. Once in position the "Corn Cobs" created "Gooseberries
Service:
Army
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
An interview with

Albert Malin

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Peter Thompson

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Mervyn Kersh

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Vic Mackenzie

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Bob Conway

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Service:
Army
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
An interview with

Donald Turrell

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Peter Haughton

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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Harry Eddy

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Cyril Tasker

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Roger Tomlinson

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Lieutenant Colonel Roger Tomlinson traces his life’s journey for us; going from the schoolboy fascinated by a Guards band on parade, through the musician learning all the instruments, to, as the Army’s principal Director of Music, being tasked with probably the most painful decision an army musician might have to take.
Service:
Army
Project:
Military Musicians
Interviewed by:
Martin Bisiker
An interview with

David Timms

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

David Loftus

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Stuart Watts

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Robert Ely

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Geordie Thomson

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Not only did Geordie provide us with a cracking interview, he went on to play the bugle for us when Twickenham school came to visit Kneller Hall. And he had a second drilling from the pupils. Thanks Geordie.
Service:
Army
Project:
Military Musicians
An interview with

Roger Tomlinson

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Eddie Pickering

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Stuart Hall

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

David Loftus

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Stuart Hall

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Stuart Hall was a musician in the Grenadier Guards’ band attaining the rank of Corporal before returning to civilian life. Joining the army in 1973 at the age of 16, Stuart, a trombone player, found himself training at Kneller Hall.
Service:
Army
Project:
Military Musicians
Interviewed by:
Martin Bisiker
An interview with

David Timms

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Jeremy Ansell

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Alan Carcary

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Louis Davies

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Roger Swift

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Major Roger Swift tells us how a young man, who trained as an engineer actually spent fifty-three years as an Army musician, leading some of its premier bands and being a part of the force’s triumphs and tragedies. Roger remembers how music could say “We’re sorry’’ and how he found out that the monarch has a sharp eye for a uniform.
Service:
Army
Project:
Military Musicians
Interviewed by:
Martin Bisiker
An interview with

Steve Staite

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Tom Griffiths

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Frank Renton

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Matt Lee

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Robert Ely

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In these films Robert Ely, a veteran of military music who served with three different regiments talks of his progress through the ranks of army musicians, of his service in Northern Ireland and of how his army career was cut short by personal tragedy.
Service:
Army
Project:
Military Musicians
Interviewed by:
Martin Bisiker
An interview with

David Timms

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Sally George

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Dee Palmer

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Alan Carcary

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Jeremy Ansell

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As a boy Jeremy Ansell ‘dabbled’ with the violin, clarinet, trumpet, and saxophone, so he joined the Army and became … a drummer. In this film, he tells us how his musical background and the training he got from his grandfather have taken him to the top of the profession.
Service:
Army
Project:
Military Musicians
Interviewed by:
Martin Bisiker
An interview with

David Loftus

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Phil Shannon

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

John Huggins

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Matt Lee

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

David Timms

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David Timms recalls how a boy who was a handful, found himself handy with the drums. But after touring the world as an army musician, he was very badly injured in the Royal Green Jackets bombing in Regent’s Park, London July 20th 1982.
Service:
Army
Project:
Military Musicians
An interview with

Sally George

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

David Loftus

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Maisie Lee

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Geoff Pratt

Army
Military Musicians
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An interview with

Bill Cameron

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Bill Cameron provides an amusing and detailed account of his time in the Royal Artillery in the Far East. Whilst he fought the Japanese at Kohima, it’s the funnier anecdotes that make his an enjoyable interview.
Service:
RAF
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
An interview with

Cyril Simms

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Harry Hopkins

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Vic Blake

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Richard Fitzwilliam

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Bill Ward

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Its frightening to be on guard duty because you dont know whats going to happen. You dont know if a German is going to pop up or two or three Germans are going to pop up. You're there, what do you do? Very frightening.
Service:
Army
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
Interviewed by:
Martin Bisiker
An interview with

Bert Williams

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Henry Draper

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Fred Glover

RAF
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Percy Lewis

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Laurie Weedon

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Laurie Weedon gives a brilliant account of his RAF service as a Glider Pilot.
Service:
RAF
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
Interviewed by:
Brig. C Elderton
An interview with

Tom Cromie

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Walter Soper

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Frank Suttie

RAF
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

John Shine

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Eric Gower

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Service:
Army
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
An interview with

Lawrence Youd

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Edward Fish

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Sid Ellis

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Daniel Lyons

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Roy Clarke

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To this day, as he gets ready to go to bed, Roy Clarke is thankful he is not sleeping under a tank.
Service:
Army
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
An interview with

Franck Allanson

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Peter Thompson

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Jim Holmes

RAF
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Bernard Howell

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Tom Finegan

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Tom Finegan joined the Royal Engineers at the remarkably tender age of 14.
Service:
RAF
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
An interview with

Kenneth Hay MBE

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Frank Weeks

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Eric Gower

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Jim Leaver

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

George Seal

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When we landed, we knew we weren’t alone’. George Seal describes feeling safer because of the number of Allied troops at Normandy when he arrived.
Service:
Army
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Peter Haughton

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‘You were a fighting unit and you knew your job and you knew what you had to do’. Being part of a tank crew, the camaraderie was important for Peter Haughton.
Service:
Army
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
An interview with

Albert Malin

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Ernest “Joe” Pallent

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Charles Eagles

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Vic Mackenzie

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Fred Lee

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Service:
Navy
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
An interview with

Mervyn Kersh

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Harry Eddy

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Bernard Howell

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Edward Fish

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Percy Lewis

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Service:
Army
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
Interviewed by:
Brig. C Elderton
An interview with

Sid Ellis

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Frank Coulton

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Alec Penstone

Navy
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Peter Haughton

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Harry Rawlins

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Service:
Army
Project:
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
Interviewed by:
Brig. C Elderton
An interview with

Peter Cullen

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Dennis Bowen

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

Lawrence Youd

Army
D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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An interview with

John Mitchell

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D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (1944)
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