[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Ihave just noted in my draft thesis that there is a particular if not dramatic, irony here in that the Candian 1st Division which landed back at Southampton by the 18th June had lost their 50 or so DND-pattern trucks that had only just recently been assembled in the Canadian Mechanization depot at Southampton. Of course the Germans were grateful for the booty and turned them into Umbauwagen or rebuilt/repaired them for further service in Russia or perhaps North Africa.