Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Some very solemn events are taking place. And probably the last time the surviving veterans will attend.
My thoughts go to those young folk on both sides who were fighting a war they didn’t start or understand. They were just normal people doing what they were told to do.
This is my grandpa, aged 21. He died aged 94.
He was a Lieutenant Corporal in the Royal Army Service Corps and was involved in the second wave of D Day landings. Pushing his motorbike up Gold beach.
He was a despatch rider for Lieutenant General, Sir Brian Horrocks and mentioned in Despatches for distinguished service at the battle for Arnhem when he crossed no man’s land and came face to face with a German tank, but escaped on his bike and delivered his messages to the front line.
He was also one of the first liberators into Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp, Poland, where he saw terrible things.
My thoughts go to those young folk on both sides who were fighting a war they didn’t start or understand. They were just normal people doing what they were told to do.
This is my grandpa, aged 21. He died aged 94.
He was a Lieutenant Corporal in the Royal Army Service Corps and was involved in the second wave of D Day landings. Pushing his motorbike up Gold beach.
He was a despatch rider for Lieutenant General, Sir Brian Horrocks and mentioned in Despatches for distinguished service at the battle for Arnhem when he crossed no man’s land and came face to face with a German tank, but escaped on his bike and delivered his messages to the front line.
He was also one of the first liberators into Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp, Poland, where he saw terrible things.
