PEGASUS BRIDGE WALK: 6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION AT BÉNOUVILLE
1
Intelligence papers in WO 171/1357.
2
Ibid.
3
T. Buck, Normandy 1944 (Fields of Battle, 2004), p. 44.
4
Ibid., p. 47.
5
2nd Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry War Diary, WO 171/1357.
6
Ibid.
7
Buck, Normandy 1944, p. 52.
8
2nd Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry War Diary, WO 171/1357.
9
‘Story of 7 Bn. Light Infantry, The Parachute Regiment, 1943 – 1944’, WO 223/18.
10
Ibid.
11
Ibid.
12
Ibid.
13
Ibid.
14
Ibid.
15
Ibid.
16
Ibid.
17
Ibid.
EASTERN FLANK WALK: THE MERVILLE BATTERY AND AMFREVILLE – BRÉVILLE
1
N. Barber, The Day the Devils Dropped In (Pen & Sword, 2002), p. 74.
2
No. 3 Commando War Diary, DEFE 2/38.
3
No. 6 Commando War Diary, DEFE 2/42.
4
Ibid.
5
Major E. Dean, Up The Airborne: The History of the 12th Yorkshire Bn The Parachute Regiment, available at www.pegasusarchive.org/normandy/rep12thBn.htm (accessed 10 February 2011).
6
H. St G. Saunders, The Red Beret (Michael Joseph, 1950), p. 201.
7
5th Black Watch War Diary, WO 171/1266.
COMMANDO WALK: THE 1ST SPECIAL SERVICE BRIGADE ON D-DAY
1
M.C. McDougall, Swiftly They Struck (Odhams, 1954), p. 66.
2
From papers in the author ’s collection.
3
McDougall, Swiftly They Struck, pp. 76 – 77.
4
Ibid., p. 80.
5
Ibid., p. 83.
6
Ibid., pp. 88 – 89.
7
No. 6 Commando War Diary, WO 218/68.
8
From papers in the author ’s collection.
SWORD BEACH WALK: 3RD DIVISION ON D-DAY
1
N. Scarfe, Assault Division (Collins, 1947, repr. Spellmount, 2004), p. 64.
2
Ibid., p. 67.
3
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Denis Bradford Cocks DSO, commanding 5th Assault Regiment Royal Engineers, 6 June 1944, aged 39. His body was recovered from the beach and taken back to the UK. He is buried in Frimlet (St Peter ’s) churchyard, Surrey.
4
Major John Frederick Harward, 1st South Lancashires. He died of wounds on 7 June 1944. He is buried in Hermanville War Cemetery.
5
Recommendations for Honours and Awards for Gallant and Distinguished Service (Army), WO 373/48.
6
WO 373.
7
WO 373.
8
WO 373.
9
Scarfe, Assault Division, p. 74.
10
P.R. Nightingale, A History of the East Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of York’s Own) in the War of 1939 – 1945 (n.p., 1952), p. 123.
11
WO 373.
12
Nightingale, A History of the East Yorkshire Regiment, p. 123.
13
1st Suffolk War Diary, WO 171/1381.
14
From information supplied by Brian Guy.
15
1st Suffolk War Diary, WO 171/1381.
16
Ibid.
17
Scarfe, Assault Division, p. 85.
JUNO BEACH: NAN BEACH WALK – INLAND TO TAILLEVILLE
1
Lieutenant Colonel D.B. Buell was awarded the DSO for bravery on 6 June 1944.
2
W.R. Bird, North Shore (Brunswick Press, 1983), p. 201.
3
Ibid., p. 202.
4
W.T. Barnard, Queens Own Rifles of Canada (Ontario Publishing Co., 1960), p. 194.
5
C.C. Martin, Battle Diary (Dundurn Press, 1994), p. 6.
6
Ibid., pp. 8 – 9.
7
80th Assault Regiment RE War Diary, WO 171/1808.
8
G. Brown and T. Copp, Look to Your Front: Regina Rifles (Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2001), p. 32.
JUNO BEACH WALK: MIKE BEACH – THE FIGHT FOR COURSEULLES
1
C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign (Queen’s Printer, Ottawa, 1960), p. 104.
2
1st Hussars War Diary, WO 179/2989.
3
Ibid.
4
A. Brandon Conroy, A History of the First Hussars Regiment 1856 – 1980 (self published, Canada, 1951), p. 52.
5
Recommendations for Honours and Awards for Gallant and Distinguished Service (Army) WO 373/48.
6
Ibid.
7
Ibid.
8
1st Canadian Scottish War Diary, WO 179/2969.
9
Private C.H. Evans from Alberta, Canadian Scottish, 6 June 1944, buried Ryes War Cemetery (II-A-2) and Private W.E. Fahnri from Berne, Switzerland, Canadian Scottish, 6 June 1944, buried Ryes War Cemetery (II-A-1 ).
10
R. Roy, Ready For The Fray: The History of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Evergreen Press, 1958), p. 226.
GOLD BEACH WALK: 50TH DIVISION ON D-DAY
1
D.S. Daniell, The Royal Hampshire Regiment Volume Three: 1918 – 1954 (Gale & Polden, 1955), p. 216.
2
Ibid., pp. 216 – 217.
3
Ibid.
4
Ibid.
5
Ibid.
6
A.E.C. Bredin, Three Assault Landings (Gale & Polden, 1946), p. 52.
7
E.W. Clay, The Path of the 50th: The Story of the 50th – Northumbrian Division in the Second World War, 1939 – 1945 (Gale & Polden, 1950), p. 241.
8
R. Hastings, An Undergraduate’s War (Bellhouse Publishing, 1997), p. 224.
9
Ibid., p. 227.
10
London Gazette, 15.8.44, pp. 3807 – 3808.
11
Hastings, An Undergraduate’s War, p. 225.
12
Clay, The Path of the 50th, p. 243.
ARROMANCHES WALK: D-DAY LIBERATION AND THE MULBERRY HARBOUR
1
W.S. Churchill, The Second World War (Time, 1959), p. 214.
2
Major L.F. Ellis, Victory in the West Volume I: The Battle of Normandy (HMSO, 1962), p. 272.
OMAHA BEACH WALK: ‘BLOODY OMAHA’
1
Anon, 741: D Day to VE Day (n.p., n.d.).
2
Anon, OMAHA Beachhead (Historical Division, War Department, Washington, repr. 1984), pp. 42 – 43.
3
Ibid., p. 43.
4
Ibid., p. 56.
5
Ibid., p. 58.
6
Ibid., p. 53.
7
Ibid., p. 60.
8
Ibid., pp. 109 – 110.
POINTE DU HOC WALK: THE 2ND RANGERS, 6 – 8 JUNE
1
Anon, Small Unit Actions (Historical Division, War Department, Washington, repr. 1982), p. 2.
2
Ibid., p. 6.
3
Ibid., pp. 12 – 17.
4
Ibid., p. 21.
5
Ibid., pp. 29 – 33.
6
Ibid., p. 44.
7
Ibid., p. 53.
8
Ibid., pp. 58 – 59.
UTAH BEACH WALK: THE 4TH INFANTRY AND 101ST (AIRBORNE) DIVISIONS ON D-DAY
1
4th Cavalry account from website http://www.25thida.com/4thcav.html (accessed 24 June 2011).
2
Anon, UTAH Beach to Cherbourg (Historical Division, War Department, Washington, 1948), pp. 45 – 47.
3
Ibid., p. 55.
4
Ibid., pp. 14 – 15.
5
Ibid., pp. 41 – 42.
AIRBORNE WALK: STE-MÈRE-EGLISE – LA FIÈRE – 82ND AIRBORNE ACTIONS ON D-DAY
1
G.A. Harrison, Cross Channel Attack (Historical Division, War Department, Washington, 1951), p. 291.
2
Ibid., pp. 346 – 347.
3
Heim account from http://www.thedropzone.org/europe/normandy/heim.html (accessed 10 June 2011).
4
Harrison, Cross Channel Attack, p. 293.
5
From documents in the author’s papers.
6
Harrison, Cross Channel Attack, pp. 292 – 293.