A freind of mine recently passed away Lt Jim Kirkwood he was with the North Novas from D-Day till just after Caen ,He was taken out of action when he went back to find one of his errant Carriers that had thrown a track due to sloppy maintanance and as he was approaching the area he took a round near him from an 88 ,and spent the rest of the war in Bathingstoke nurilogical Hospital.
As it so happens were my Granfather was an orderly while serving with the Royal Canadian Engineers
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