Saturday 7 June 2014

Durham Light Infantry







In the coverage of the seventieth anniversary of the Normandy Landings in June 1944, as well as the story of The Great Escape by one veteran from a care home denied leave to attend but who got there, this picture took my eye.

It is Ken Scott, formerly Sergeant in the Durham Light Infantry, probably the 9th Battalion. The Divisional Symbol is the Jerboa, the Desert Rat, of the 7th Armoured Division who arrived immediately after the initial landings.

It is copied above.  The other picture is of Berlin in July 1945 when the same battalion formed part of the Allied Victory Parade and were saluted by the leaders of the Allied armies.

Some of those who landed made it to Berlin.  Their long march started at El Alamein.

Remember.

3 comments:

  1. My uncle's ended in Ranville 11/07/1944

    Serjeant John McKay MM Gordon Highlanders

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. My uncle on the Boadicea list is CPO White, one of the best. Ranville saw some of the hardest fighting in July 1944.

      Delete
    2. My uncle on the Boadicea list is CPO White, one of the best. Ranville saw some of the hardest fighting in July 1944.

      Delete