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THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY
D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 -- MIDNIGHT JUNE 6

Ack 6/6/58

What is your full name? Denis Waring Biddle

What is your present address? Temple Hill, East Budleigh
Devon

Telephone number: Budleigh Salterton 146

What was your unit, division, corps? 2 Glosters - 56 Inf. Bde
50 DIV.

Where did you land and at what time? 10 am approx one mile
to EAST of Le Hamel

What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944? LT. Col. 36.

Were you married at that time? yes.

What is your wife's name? Gertrude

Did you have any children at that time? Yes Two.

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion? about
Mid April 1944

What was the trip like during the crossing of the Channel? Do you
remember, for example, any conversations you had or how you passed the time?
It was fairly rough and a good many
soldiers were sick. However we had some
excellent tins of self heating soup - quite
1st class. Never seen any since!

Were there any rumours aboard ship? (Some people remember hearing that
the Germans had poured gasoline on the water and planned to set it afire
when the troops came in.)
No Rumours on our L.C.I.

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No Diary [illegible]