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- WMCSVActionDesk
- People in story:听
- Ronald William Liggins
- Location of story:听
- Middle East and European War Zones
- Background to story:听
- Royal Navy
- Article ID:听
- A4648142
- Contributed on:听
- 01 August 2005
Mr Liggins account of his war time was added to the People's war website on his behalf by Liz Goddard from the WM CSV action desk. Mr Liggins understands the sites terms and conditions.
I served with the Royal Marines on RM Commandos from 1941 until the end of hostilities I was demobbed in 1946. I saw action in the Blitz in Birmingham prior to joining HM forces. I served with the desert rats late in 1941 and was on Malta and Sicily during 1942 and 1943. I returned to England in 1943 for training with RM Commandos in preparation for the D Day landings. I was on landing in Normandy and served in the liberation of France, Belgium and Holland . I took part in the landing on Walchern Island in November 1944 and went finally to Germany until hostilities ended in Europe in 1945.
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