Sunday 5 April 2015

Two D-Day veterans return to Normandy

1. Two D-Day Veterans at Sword Beach (7 June 2004)
George Dooley (left) and Jim Tweedie (right)
They served with 2nd Bn. East Yorks. Regt. during WW2
[George and Jim landed at Sword Beach on 6 June 1944]
2. George Dooley (2nd left) and soldiers in  WW2 uniforms
60th anniversary exhibition of the Normandy Landings

[E. Leclerc supermarket, Bayeux (4 June 2004)
3. Headstone of Pte. Peter Scholes, East Yorks. Regt.
Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France
[Peter Scholes was killed on D-Day, 6 June 1944]
4. Jim Tweedie at the grave of his pal, Pete Scholes
Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France (7 June 2004)

[A final visit to the grave of a good pal of the war years]
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