I was with a group of American teachers and students crossing the English Channel on June 4, 2008. We met members of your group on the Ferry and I can't tell you how much that meant to all of us. The stories you told and the gratitude we felt for having met all of you truly made our first trip to Europe unforgettable. Thank you so much for all that you've done.

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For all those who died gaving their lives defending liberty and freedom for the living.....

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At last I have found an organisation that commemorates the men and women who served, and many were killed, in various parts of the world that most of the british public do not know about.I served for 3 months with the RAMC IN Cyprus in 1958 and during that time I redceived reports of 5 men and 2 women killed and many more injured but only now are people hearing about this.Keep up the good work.

My Father, now aged 89, was in the British Army on Gold Beach, D-Day. Dad was in the front lineIntelligence unit of the 2nd Devon's. They moved ahead of the front line and some of his unit werefluent German speakers and had studied, before the war, in Germany. Often they were in no-mans-land and completely surrounded by enemy forces. During a ferocious battle, two German stretcherbearers wandered into their lines. One could speak English and had lived in England before the war.The stretcher bearers soon made friends with Dad and his colleagues and insisted that as they werenon-combatant their job was to save lives, regardless of nationality. Those two brave Germanstretcher bearers worked tirelessly for twenty-four hours recovering British and German wounded.They had to be ordered to stop as it contravened the Geneva Convention. Many soldiers, Germanand British, survived the war, thanks to their bravery. Dad and I cannot speak German, even so, wehave been trying to contact those stretcher bearers, if they are still alive. Sadly we have not beensuccessful. Such brave actions were not recorded by the allies as it went against the propaganda ofthat time. The subject is still taboo. We recently asked for a dedication for those men on a Britishclassical music radio programme but were ignored. In fact we have asked for several requests onvarious British radio programmes and have always been ignored, but not so overseas! An AustralianClassical Radio programme on their ABC network were so gripped by the story they not only playedthe request but also announced our website and spoke about Dad’s books and audio recordings onair. The radio programme is also broadcast on the Internet so has a worldwide audience. We wereinundated with emails but sadly, we got not further with finding information about those stretcherbearers. This led us onto speaking (via telephone from our home in Hertfo

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Dear Sirs or Madams,I should like to ask you for your help regarding a WWII episode that I witnessed in 1944 as a German soldier during the Normandy landing. In August or September of 1944 a comrade of mine, Herbert Schmidt, and myself found a wounded British soldier our age ( 19 at that time, I am born in 1925, thus 82 years of age now) in a Norman wood leaning against a tree. His legs were both fractured, he was wailing and he could not walk any more. He shouted to us: Don't kill me! And we replied: We wont kill you! We were all very scared of being killed. Then he sang the German national anthem composed by Haydn based on a poem by Ferdinand von Freiligrath. And we sang the British hymn God save the in order to calm him. Then he said: I am a flutist of the London Symphony Orchestra. We answered: We are also musicians! He seemed to be glad about this. Then we put him onto our bicycle and transported him to the nearest German military hospital where he was operated on. Unfortunately we never heard of him again.Now I should very much like to find this British comrade and to invite him to my home near Avignon where I live as a pianist. Would you be so kind as to display this text on your website or in your guestbook?Thank you very much in advance.Yours faithfully,Jochen Nubel

Its nice to find this website. I visted Ryes Cemetery 2 years ago for my Nan who's 1st husband is buried there. His name was Micheal Picker he was a Gunner (1119787) with the 4th Survey reg. He died Tuesday 27th Juune 1944 aged just 24. He is not a blood relative but his death meant that I am here today. On visiting his grave I cried for his sacrifice. My Nan never really got over it and kept all her wedding photos. I left one of these to show that he was not forgotten. If any one has any further details about the 4th survey regiment and what part they played in the war I would love to hear as there seems to be very little info the internet. Barrie