<![CDATA[Félix Peters]]> https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/10IA/French/F__lix+Peters.jpg.html The three left Diekirch on 19 June 1941 and crossed the border into Belgium and then onto France, where they had a long stay in a labour camp for foreigners.
They finally reach their destination, Great-Britain, on 14 July 1942 after having travelled through Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar.
In London, the three join the Belgian Army and shortly afterwards they are sent to the Belgian Congo. As they arrive in the Congo however, their involvement gets cancelled because of their Luxembourg citizenship. Peters and the Neven brothers then cross the border into French Equatorial Africa where they join the Free French Naval Forces on 16 January 1943.
Now in French service, the three Luxembourgers return to Great-Britain where they volunteer for the Commandos.
On D-Day, they land on the eastern extremity of Sword Beach as part of the Free French “Commando Kieffer”, which fought with No.4 Commando.
Among the first to land on the beaches, the objective of the Commando was to assault the German forces in Ouistreham, to establish the bridgehead and then join up with other Allied forces. Ouistreham is captured and under the Allies' control by 11:30 AM.
At nightfall, they join with the British 6th Airborne Division. Their D-Day mission is now complete.
The three Diekirch boys survive “the Longest Day” and go on to fight in the Battle of Normandy...

Félix Peters KIA in Amfreville, Normandy, on 17 June 1944.]]>
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