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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. |
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