Remembrance Day 2012 from the Osoyoos Times, B.C.
"Roy Burt took part in Historic D-Day raid at Normandy..."
Roy Burt, World War II veteran (RCNVR, Combined Operations)
Photo used with permission, Roy's daughter (LP)
Introduction:
In the news article we read below "Burt said November 11 always brings back a flood of memories, some tragic, but most of them good...".
As a veteran of both the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve and the U.K.'s Combined Operations organization Roy's memories not only would include those from the "historic D-Day raid at Normandy (France)..." but the Dieppe Raid and invasion of North Africa in the latter half of 1942, as well as the invasion of Sicily (July 1943, not '42 as mentioned in news article) and Italy in the summer of 1943. His experiences are well documented and his collection of WWII stories and photographs will enrich the work already started on this website/blog.
The newspaper in which the following article was found (and collected) is from Osoyoos, British Columbia:
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More offerings from The Roy Burt Collection to soon follow.
The newspaper in which the following article was found (and collected) is from Osoyoos, British Columbia:
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Aboard a Landing Craft (for) Infantry, Large (LCI(L)) at South
Shields, England, in preparation for D-Day (Normandy)
Art (Gash) Bailey was from London, Ontario
Please link to my entry entitled Photographs: Aging Navy Vets Reconnect at Reunions (1) to see Art 'Gash' Bailey when involved with the creators of significant Navy memoirs and stories.
The article re "Local veteran..." continues:
* for clarity the sentence should say something like "900 - 1,000 Canadian sailors who initially worked with mainly British soldiers, and who had volunteered for Combined Operations - and for "especially hazardous duty" - while training in Canada in early 1942."
The article re "Local veteran..." continues:
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Roy is far left in this 1945 photo taken in 'Diego'
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Roy and Jean (center) "got married in the summer of 1944"
(The names of their two friends are not given with photo)
Used with permission (LP)
Questions or comments can be addressed to Gord H. @ gordh7700@gmail.com
Please click here to view The Roy Burt Collection, RCNVR and Combined Operations (3)
Unattributed Photos GH
Please click here to view The Roy Burt Collection, RCNVR and Combined Operations (3)
Unattributed Photos GH
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