That reminds me. 20 odd years ago I took my Austin Tilly to a local tyre shop. There was and old guy there who used to sweep up and things. He immediately
recognized my 43rd Wessex markings as he had been in this unit during the invasion. He told me that he drove a flame thrower carrier. Nothing heroic! He followed the advancing troops at a distance. To the most part his sombre duty was to cremate dead Germans. He said they would squirt liquid onto a pile of bodies or through the windows of a house known to contain bodies before incinerating them. Gruesome story, but all part of war. Ron
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