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My father, Lionel George Gammon was born in 1914 and is now 91 years old. I have had several conversations with him over the last few years and find that he still remembers a great deal about his time in the war, more so than any other time of his life. I have tried during these coversations to record the details so that not only I can remember them but also that others in the future who wish to, may read them too. I hope that the details given will register my father's part in that huge campaign that touched everyones' lives for decades to come.

As a humble man he would not seek recognition for himself, and so it is because of this that as his son, (Andrew), I would like to add his name and story to all those others who served in WWII. He has no knowledge of the internet nor cares to have any, but is happy for me to post his details and his rememberances to swell the archive for future generations. For myself, I am doing this, also, to secure a place for him in the historic archive of our country, as someone who took part and survived.

Although his contribution to the war was not a fighting one in the front line, he did see his fair share of the terrible aftermath of the fighting as his company followed the front line when it pushed its way across France, Belgium and Holland, into Germany. His contribution was more in the transport department; carrying supplies and prisoners to and from the front.

My father was a private in the CMP-VP (blue caps) and it was his job to drive a ford truck with which he transported up to 10 prisoners at a time as well as guide convoys of other prison trucks to holding camps behind the lines, to take care of the prisoners and to stand guard over them.

In all his time during the war he never had occasion to fire his gun at the enemy, something for which he is greatful. It is something that must also be true for many other servicemen as well. My father's story will be a chronology of his army career since the time he was called up, through his landing on the beeches on D+1, until he was demobed; a period of approx 5 years.