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13/01/2012 01:55:45
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Pete
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This message will hopefully reach Stephane whom I know is visting Amfreville tomorrow. I have just posted this little map/cartography and would be interested to know what you Stephane, or anyone else, thinks. Julia Wells, daughter of L/Cpl Harden VC, believes it is Amfreville. There is some wording in the centre which we believe says Amfreville District Messenger Service. If it is, it contains exact detail where all the different Commandos were based when they stayed there, and much more.
http://www.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/WW2/invasion+of+NW+Europ/scan0065+_1_+copy.jpg.html
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Pete Rogers, son of LSgt Joe Rogers MM & nephew of TSM Ken McAllister. Both No2 Commando.
God and the Soldier, all men adore, In time of danger and not before.
When the danger is passed and all things righted, God is forgotten, and the Soldier slighted.
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13/01/2012 02:07:20
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Pete
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The wording at the bottom of the map/photo states something to the effect:
? ....(??) the suggestion of Capt. A.B.C. Smith and with the benevolent and gracious blessing of Brigadier D. Mills Roberts DSO MC, Commander of No.1 Special Service Brigade. This cartographical survey was devised and produced by ??. Your humble and obedient servant ?? (then a signature followed by) A Corporal of ...??
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Pete Rogers, son of LSgt Joe Rogers MM & nephew of TSM Ken McAllister. Both No2 Commando.
God and the Soldier, all men adore, In time of danger and not before.
When the danger is passed and all things righted, God is forgotten, and the Soldier slighted.
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13/01/2012 16:44:07
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John Martin
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Having visited Amfreville many times, I would suggest that it is. Above and to the left of the church, you can see the huge barn making up part of the Saulnier farm. It was in that barn that Bernard Saulnier hosted any number of banquets for D-Day commando veterans and their families. The story was that his late father left a fund of money for that very purpose. Certainly, they were wonderful occasions with the whole village joining in. There are memorials to Nos 4 and 6 Commando on the green in front of the barn.
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