Hi Mark.

I'm gathering bits and pieces of info
here and there from different sources.
I'm doing great because I've only been
searching for a couple of weeks!!! All I knew
before then about my Uncle was
POW/MIA/then found/buried Beny-Sur-Mer died jun 8/44. No details...so...yes...doing great.

I wish I could tell you that I know the
names of Major F. E. Hodge and
Lance-Corporal A. R. Fuller
but I don't. YET! If I come across
mention of them while I continue searching
I'll let you know asap.

General area where Uncle Eddie was murdered:
(I hope I've got this correct)

-in a field beside the CAEN FONTENAY ROAD.
My understanding is that there were 37 or 40
men murdered in that field...altho 3 soldiers
had somehow managed to escape. Some of this
info I got from the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Museum.

My Uncle definately was not one of the men
at the Abbaye. The vet I mentioned before that
witnessed my Uncles group taken to the field
and machine gunned to death had also mentioned
that he also witnessed an Aboriginal soldier cruelly murdered right in front of him.

The above information came from the grandson of
this vet who witnessed these events. `Grampa' told the stories to his grandson. Grandson told me. The Grandpa died last week and is no longer able to pass on stories and facts. I don't want to approach the grandson and request more stories at this time. The loss is much too new to intrude.

I hope I've helped. Take care.