Three veterans of a bitter battle that claimed thousands of West Country lives tomorrow set out on a 70th anniversary pilgrimage to Normandy and 'Hill 112'. Tina Rowe met them to talk about their experiencesColin Criddle, Jack Eglinton, and George Cantello were all young members of 4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry when they fought in the battle on Hill 112 in July 1944. D-Day was in the past and the fight to push back the Germans had moved on through the French countryside, which...
Reported by Western Daily Press 4 hours ago.
Three veterans of a bitter battle that claimed thousands of West Country lives tomorrow set out on a 70th anniversary pilgrimage to Normandy and 'Hill 112'. Tina Rowe met them to talk about their experiencesColin Criddle, Jack Eglinton, and George Cantello were all young members of 4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry when they fought in the battle on Hill 112 in July 1944. D-Day was in the past and the fight to push back the Germans had moved on through the French countryside, which...
Reported by Western Daily Press 4 hours ago.