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THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY

D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 -- MIDNIGHT JUNE 6

What is your full name? Percy Ward

What is your present address? 433 Ongar Road Brentwood Ex
[*Brentwood Exchange
Brent 125
or [illegible]*]

Telephone number: NIL

What was your unit, division, corps? 2/Essex Regt 161st Ind. BDE
ATT. 50th Div. 21st Army Group

Where did you land and at what time? Le Hemel. Approx 11 to 12 Noon

What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944? Company Sgt Major. 36 yrs

Were you married at that time? Yes

What is your wife's name? May Josephine Ward

Did you have any children at that time? Yes one

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion? Feb or Mar
when stationed at Durham

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?
[crossed out]QuiEt[end crossed out] Quiet but sea had heavy swell.
Passed time playing card for matches.

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

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