- Contributed by听
- stoke_on_trentlibs
- People in story:听
- Philip Swindells
- Location of story:听
- Normandy
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A2643248
- Contributed on:听
- 17 May 2004
This story was submitted to the Peoples war site by Stoke-on-Trent Libraries on behalf of Philip Swindells and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the sites terms and conditions.
Mr Swindells landed on the Normandy beaches a few weeks after D Day. His company still sustained heavy shellfire from the Germans and they were caught in a stailmate for 14 days.
Eventually the company was able to make its way across France and stopped at lubeck in North Germany.
Mr Swindells marrried at St Mary's Church Tunstall in 1941.
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