Memories of George Wady
We would like to share the story of our father, George Wady. He was a commoner, but he was wonderful. He was born in Islington in 1925. He signed up early. His mum passed away when he was doing Basic Training. He volunteered - he wasn't called up. This is why he came home within 30 days. But his mother died. He arrived in France on the 10th Day of D-Day- D-Day10 on the 16th. He spent his 19th birthday in Normandy 12 days after D-Day. He landed on Gold Beach. He was a Member of the Kings Royal Rifles (Green Jackets). They were originally territorial battalions. He was a soldier in an Infantry B... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
Schlagwörter: | British history / European history (excl. British / classical Greek and Roman) / International history / Their Finest Hour / World War Two / Armed Forces / Armies / Army / Asia / Asian / Battle / British Empire / Burma / Burma Campaign / Burmese / D Day / D-Day / D-Day Landings / Drink / Drinking / Dutch / Empire / Europe / European / France / French / German / Germany / Holland / Invasion / Leisure / Military / Myanmar / Netherlands / Normandy / Normandy Landings / North West Europe / Operation Neptune / Operation Overlord / Photo / Photograph / Photographs / Photos / Pub / Railway / Royal / South East Asia / The Netherlands / Training |
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Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25938628.v1 |