Harold Read's D-Day memories

Having lied about his age when he volunteered, 14414899 private Harold Read, of Longhope (Gloucestershire), was just 16 years old when he landed on a Normandy beach on the evening of the sixth of June 1944.

Following a stint of training in Scotland, his regiment the 1st Oxford and Buckinghamshire was moved to the south coast unaware of what lay ahead for them.

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		Fred Webb of Gloucester is awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, partly because he mis-heard the Captain. MORE
		Infantry soldier Geoffrey Hobbs, from Slimbridge, lost his best friend as his regiment marched to the front line. MORE
		After landing on a Normandy Beach Alan McQuillan of Kemble risked his life to keep the Allied Airforces flying. MORE
		At just sixteen years old Harold Read finds himself in-charge of a captured German pilot. MORE

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