This was one of many Camps maintained close to Training areas for temporary accommodation. At the time the Commandant was an Officer from the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry who wore a Red Airborne Beret. I chatted to him, he had been in Major John Howard’s...
This was one of many Camps maintained close to Training areas for temporary accommodation. At the time the Commandant was an Officer from the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry who wore a Red Airborne Beret. I chatted to him, he had been in Major John Howard’s ‘Coup de Main’ Party who landed by Horsa Glider on D-Day 6 June 1944 and seized the bridges over the River and Canal!
Posted by David Prichard on Mon Aug 3 13:02:10 2020
Training Team Commando Wing at Plasterdown Camp near Tavistock
Posted by David Prichard on Wed Jul 22 17:25:06 2020
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The River Orne and Caen Canal Bridges now named Pegasus Bridge.
Posted by PrichardDavid R L on Mon Sep 28 21:44:21 2020
This was one of many Camps maintained close to Training areas for temporary accommodation. At the time the Commandant was an Officer from the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry who wore a Red Airborne Beret. I chatted to him, he had been in Major John Howard’s...
This was one of many Camps maintained close to Training areas for temporary accommodation. At the time the Commandant was an Officer from the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry who wore a Red Airborne Beret. I chatted to him, he had been in Major John Howard’s ‘Coup de Main’ Party who landed by Horsa Glider on D-Day 6 June 1944 and seized the bridges over the River and Canal!
Posted by David Prichard on Mon Aug 3 13:02:10 2020
Training Team Commando Wing at Plasterdown Camp near Tavistock
Posted by David Prichard on Wed Jul 22 17:25:06 2020