The 6 th Duke of Wellington is in the cemetery . He was killed leading a bayonet attack with No2 Commando . My old commando friend Bob Bishop knew him well. Told me me many stories and what a great chap he was
Very good, you don't hear much about the fighting in Italy, My Uncle was in the Royal Signals 7th armoured division and landed at Salerno , had his eardrum blown out by a mortar shell, that's all he said about it, my dad was in Italy after the war with the 2nd Essex, looking for deserters up in the mountains ,some had froze to death some had ended up working on farms . A lovely gentle old boy called Jim who lived next to my Mum and Dad was at Cassino with the Essex Regiment, never said a word about it. Another lovely bloke I use to work with ,Don, was in Italy and he use to tell me about how the Ghurkas use to go out in the night and bring back souvenirs from the the German lines ,watches usually complete with lower arm. We must never forget what these ordinary lads did in their early twentys it was horrific but had to be done . Les we forget.
The 6 th Duke of Wellington is in the cemetery . He was killed leading a bayonet attack with No2 Commando . My old commando friend Bob Bishop knew him well. Told me me many stories and what a great chap he was
Very good, you don't hear much about the fighting in Italy, My Uncle was in the Royal Signals 7th armoured division and landed at Salerno , had his eardrum blown out by a mortar shell, that's all he said about it, my dad was in Italy after the war with the 2nd Essex, looking for deserters up in the mountains ,some had froze to death some had ended up working on farms . A lovely gentle old boy called Jim who lived next to my Mum and Dad was at Cassino with the Essex Regiment, never said a word about it. Another lovely bloke I use to work with ,Don, was in Italy and he use to tell me about how the Ghurkas use to go out in the night and bring back souvenirs from the the German lines ,watches usually complete with lower arm. We must never forget what these ordinary lads did in their early twentys it was horrific but had to be done . Les we forget.
Nice thread Mate - good to see a little about Italy - 80 years tomorrow for the Salerno Landings
Be great if you could continue with the Italian Campaign right up to the Gothic Line and the Final Spring Offensive in 1945 ... hardly ever covered.