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Operation Neptune is more commonly known as D-Day and refers to the landing operations and associated airborne operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy on Tuesday, 6 June 1944. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Planning began in 1943 and the Allies conducted a substantial military deception codenamed ‘Bodyguard’ months…
29/01/2022 It is very difficult transferring from a large ship to a small boat or vice versa and accidents often happened (and presumably still do). 18-year-old Ordinary Seaman Edward Ashton D/JX565396 Royal Navy was young and inexperienced and was injured whilst serving on HMS Patroller in 1943. He fell out…
VICTORY OVER JAPAN DAY Although war in Europe ended in May 1945, the war in the Far East continued for several months until shortly after the dropping of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in the wake of which, on 15th August 1945 Imperial Japan surrendered. This effectively ended the Second…
80th Aniversary 2020 Following the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk and the fall of France, Germany planned to gain air supremacy in preparation for the invasion of Great Britain. The Luftwaffe began with an air and sea blockade targeting coastal shipping, convoys and shipping centres but on 1st August 1940…
Arthur Lambert was just 21 when he was called up in July 1939. After training he joined one of the “crack” units of the Royal Horse Artillery, the Fifth Regiment and in early April 1940 he went to France. A few weeks passed, the battery were moved around but saw…
In the six week Battle of France a large number of Belgian, British and French troops were cut off and surrounded by the German army. Fortunately on 23 May Hitler ordered the advance by the German army to halt as he believed that the Luftwaffe could destroy the remnants of…
In June last year the Memorial Orchard website wrote about the role 95 year old Ernie Nelson of Hartford played in the D-Day landings. http://orchard.weaverham.org.uk/d-day-veteran-ernie-nelson/ In this weeks VE Day Commemorative issue of the Northwich Guardian we learn more of his story. Ernie, who was a wireless telegraphist on HMS…
