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Photos taken during an 8 day visit to Scotland. These shots come from Edinburgh, the Highlands, and the loch between the Isle of Skye and the mainland.
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48 RM Commando S Troop 406 Squadron
4th Special Service Brigade = 41RM + 46RM + 47RM + 48RM
Juno Beach with Canadian
A Tuesday 6th June 1944 D-Day 0805 Nan Red Beach, St-Aubin-sur-Mer
B Assembly Area
C Col Moulton’s HQ
D Langrune-sur-Mer WN27 Strongpoint 6–7th June 1944 held a position awaiting reinforcement and equipment to land
E WN26 Strongpoint 0900–1330 7th June
F Douvres radar station with 46 RM Commando
G At 1630 on June 11th, 48 RM moved out of Douvres and headed east crossing Pegasus Bridge
H Rue Royal Marines Commando 1300 12th June, 48 RM HQ
I WN6 German Strongpoint “Moulin de Buisson”(?)
7th August “received instructions to prepare plans to exploit a likely enemy withdrawal"
Troarn til mid August, enemy trenches very close. Temporary bridges created in D Day over the Dives had to be rebuilt by Royal Engineers
Dozule, canal barred progress. Two major obstructions, canal and railway line. 4 bridges thought to have been blown. Heavily defended. 48 RM given task of taking Point120, high ground to the east which would be the enemy’s only escape route p114
Crossed bridge SE of Putot at 0455 on 20th Aug
P120 don’t drink the booze
P123 night March to St Maclou
4 days resting at St Maclou, including first Sunday service since arriving in France. Revd Wood had landed on D Day and received the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions
The bend in the Seine at Duclair was a ghastly place, carnage everywhere
P126 dead men’s watches
St valary Benedictine
P127 Valmont Calming 9 days of rest and idleness, casualty smoking out a beehive!
Le Havre 13th Sept. guarding stores of booze etc. Locals inhospitable due to RAF bombing
On to Dunkirk on 18th September
26th September, withdrawn for amphibious assault on Walcheren
Attack Walcheren started at 0015 Nov 1st
The ruins of the World War I Austrian-Hungarian Tactical Command Center for the fortifications in the Altipiani di Folgaria, Lavarone e Luserna lay near the road from Chiesa to Virti. The way down to the ruins begins some yards right of a wooden post "Magnifica Comunita 'di Folgaria" above the small village Vinti. The Command Station is well camouflaged in a natural chasm between rocks and wood. The Command had communication connections by telphone and optical telegraph system to the observation point Monte Rust (Monte Horst) southwest of Chiesa.
Camera: Nikon D70, 2007-09-10.