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Re: HMS Hilary
Posted by:
Maxine Nelmes
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Date: June 05, 2013 07:34PM
Hello,
Just watching the D-Day landings programme on Channel 5 and my father was a Royal Navy seaman on HMS Hilary. He passed away 10 years ago but my Mum just telephoned me to say '71 years ago today your Dad was on his ship waiting off the coast of the Isle of Wight for orders to start the D Day landings.' Dad did five landings (I think HMS Hilary did 5) and one of them was Juno Beach. My Dad never talked about it either. He was 19. Maxine Nelmes
Just watching the D-Day landings programme on Channel 5 and my father was a Royal Navy seaman on HMS Hilary. He passed away 10 years ago but my Mum just telephoned me to say '71 years ago today your Dad was on his ship waiting off the coast of the Isle of Wight for orders to start the D Day landings.' Dad did five landings (I think HMS Hilary did 5) and one of them was Juno Beach. My Dad never talked about it either. He was 19. Maxine Nelmes