Location:
Normandy, , France
Post Date:
Jun 16, 2023 2:37 AM
TAG ID:
mrpphotos615669
(RM)
Credit:
Jonathan Buckmaster/Mirrorpix/Newscom
Format:
642 x 822 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Jonathan Buckmaster
Keywords:
2020s, 2023, 21st Century, Commemoration, D Day, France, MIST20230605, Veteran, War, War and conflict, War Veteran
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
D-DAY 79TH ANNIVERSARY D-DAY VETERAN RICHARD ALDRED, 98 RICHARD ALDRED Leg d�on Royal Armoured Corps, C Squadron 5 th Inniskilling �ragoon Guards under the command of Major John Ward-Harrison, Landed at Arromanches on the 12 th July, as a Cromwell Tank Driver Mechanic. On the 26 th August his tank was destroyed in actions in Bourneville-Sainte- Croix, and he spent some time sheltering by the cross in the town. As he didn� have a tank, he was then transported in a Ford Truck until he was reallocated to a replacement tank during the push through Belgium. Normandy, France. Picture taken 5th June 2023