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Thank you for adding this valuable information. May I ask you where you got it from? I am no historian at all. As it happens, I live quite near the Abbaye d'Ardenne and can easily get there on foot... Norman weather permitting ;-) I have read the book by Ian J. Campbell. That's why I've...

Thank you for sharing your information. Many towns and villages were bombed and shelled here in Normandy in June-August, 1944. Some 80 years later, we can still see the aftermath here and there. Needless to say there are lots of war cemeteries, WW2 museums and other places to remind us of the...

Hi! Bonjour ! Thank you! I would be delighted to pass his reply on to Mrs Gabrielle Vico (8 yrs old at the time) who always says "Mon p'tit Pollard" when referring to LCpl George Pollard in our friendly chats. Her parents-in-law owned the "little park" (garden) where the Canadian soldiers...

Hi Gregory, The book you wrote was mentioned to me today by Rick Estabrooks Mcpl (Ret'd) Deputy Curator Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum 902 667 4437 36 Acadia St. Amherst NS As it happens, I live a few miles away from the Abbaye d'Ardenne near Caen, Normandy, where LCpl George G...