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My father was assembled in and around the New Forest with other troops.He sailed from Lee-on-Solent late on the 5th June 1944, through the night and landed at 07:30 on the 6th June on Sword beach. My father was part of the RSAC Bridging unit using Bailey bridge sections. The company made their way to Caen and successfully bridged the Caen canal to enable the advance to continue. The company received casualties and returned to Deliverande for a rest period. The unit held a ballot for 72 hour passes in Bayeaux and my father was first out of the hat!!
Instead of remaining at Bayeaux my father made his way to the beaches at Arromonches where the Army where building the Mulberry Harbour. On the way he saw a sign for the Royal Engineers and he knew that his father was attached to that company.
He enquired at the company HQ and they signalled a ship by morse code and his father (my Grandfather) was brought ashore. They both returned to my Grandfather's ship and the crew gave up their rum ration, they both managed to get drunk!!
My father is still alive and still remembers well the glorious time he and his father had celebrating their reunion at Normandy.

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