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BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL CONTINGENT COMBINED CADET FORCE 42 B1DSTON ROAD BIRKENHEAD T e l. Cl a u g h t o n 2 7 3 5 Of f i c e r Commanding: MAJOR E. JONES 1 July 1958 QS. 8/7/58 Dear Sir, I have seen your notice concerning D-Day in the Spring Edition of "The Oak Tree." I was in command of 8 Platoon of "A" Co'y one of the two assault companies of the 1st Battalion, The South Lancashire Regt., making the landing at "H" hour on the beach at Luc-sur-Mer. The Battalion was in 8 Brigade, 3rd Brit Inf. Division. If you care to contact me, I would be pleased to revive some now rather rusty memories! Yours sincerely, Edward Jones To: The Research Editor, The Reader's Digest, 25, Berkeley Sq, London W1
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5th August, 1958
Major E. Jones, 42, Bidston Road, Birkenhead.
Dear Major Jones,
I felt that I should personally write to thank you for the wonderful contribution you have made in the preparation of the D-Day book which I am writing. The material in the questionnaire you sent me has been a great help in filling in many of the details of the work done in Normandy that day by members of the British Services.
It will probably be a full year before the book is completed and on its publication in The Reader's Digest under the story "The Longest Day", it will give us great pleasure to send you a copy.
Yours sincerely, (Cornelius J. Ryan)