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Top Hats - Normandy

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LincolnshireWW2photos
People in story: 
Ralph Rayner
Location of story: 
Normandy
Background to story: 
Army
Article ID: 
A7238504
Contributed on: 
24 November 2005

Ralph Rayner ( right) Normandy

In times of warit is nessasary to introduce a little humour into one's life.
In this case, after the battle, we searched through wrecked buildings and found these top hats.

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