#OpTonga - Twitter Hashtag

over 3 years ago

A very intimate service lead by Penny Bates, Major Howard’s daughter. We have just listened to Howards account of the final approach to the bridge. #optonga #opoverlord #dday #Normandie #pegasus #horsa

BattlefieldBen's tweet photo. A very intimate service lead by Penny Bates, Major Howard’s daughter. We have just listened to Howards account of the final approach to the bridge. #optonga #opoverlord #dday #Normandie #pegasus #horsa https://t.co/Ic5ITaDCHW

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

about 4 years ago

Pte. Jack Munro, 9th Parachute Battalion Died 5th July 1944 aged 22 buried Ranville War Cemetery, MIA 6th June 1944 may have been killed whilst evading capture. "TILL MEMORY FADES AND LIFE DEPARTS HE WILL LIVE FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS" #OpTonga #DDAY78

6thairborne's tweet photo. Pte. Jack Munro, 9th Parachute Battalion Died 5th July 1944 aged 22 buried Ranville War Cemetery, MIA 6th June 1944 may have been killed whilst evading capture.

"TILL MEMORY FADES AND LIFE DEPARTS HE WILL LIVE FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS"

#OpTonga #DDAY78 https://t.co/sOcu5Q1OFt

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Gnr. George Edward Perks 3rd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery KIA 16th June 1944 aged 34 buried Ranville War Cemetery "HE SLEEPS BENEATH WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL AND THERE HE AWAITS US ONE AND ALL" #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Gnr. George Edward Perks 3rd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery KIA 16th June 1944 aged 34 buried Ranville War Cemetery

"HE SLEEPS BENEATH WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL AND THERE HE AWAITS US ONE AND ALL"

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/OxBrV7qItM

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

,Pte. Leslie Harold Glynn Roberts, 2nd Bn (Airborne) Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry KIA 15th June 1944 aged 21 buried Ranville War Cemetery "TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAR SON GLYN. YOU GAVE YOUR ALL, YOUR UNFINISHED LIFE" #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. ,Pte. Leslie Harold Glynn Roberts, 2nd Bn (Airborne) Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry KIA 15th June 1944 aged 21 buried Ranville War Cemetery

"TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAR SON GLYN. YOU GAVE YOUR ALL, YOUR UNFINISHED LIFE"

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/7ZA7LMRC6b

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Pte. Joseph Fred Albert Sachro, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion KIA 14th June 1944 buried Ranville War Cemetery #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Pte. Joseph Fred Albert Sachro, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion KIA 14th June 1944 buried Ranville War Cemetery

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/JfTCvRVoKk

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Spr William Reginald Gill 3rd Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers KIA 12th/13th June 1944 aged 21 buried Ranville War Cemetery #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Spr William Reginald Gill 3rd Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers KIA 12th/13th June 1944 aged 21 buried Ranville War Cemetery

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/q8t85bwkAN

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Pte. Lorne Sauder, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion KIA 13th June 1944 buried Ranville War Cemetery #DDAY78 #OpTonga

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Lt. Geoffrey Victor Van Klaveren, 2nd Bn (Airborne) Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry KIA 13th June 1944 aged 23 buried Ranville War Cemetery "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM" #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Lt. Geoffrey Victor Van Klaveren, 2nd Bn
(Airborne) Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
KIA 13th June 1944 aged 23 buried Ranville War Cemetery

"AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/f9VdSqLnj4

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Dvr. William Henry Thomas Vaughan, 398th (Airborne) Composite Company RASC KIA 13th/14th June 1944 aged 35 buried Ranville War Cemetery #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Dvr. William Henry Thomas Vaughan, 398th (Airborne) Composite Company RASC KIA 13th/14th June 1944 aged 35 buried Ranville War Cemetery

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/6FFPLhcZfk

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Cpl. George William Keightley, 8th (Midland) Parachute Battalion KIA 13th June 1944 aged 27 remembered on Bayeux Memorial #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Cpl. George William Keightley, 8th (Midland) Parachute Battalion KIA 13th June 1944 aged 27 remembered on Bayeux Memorial

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/GnphWy6uTk

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Pte. Frederick Auty, 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion Died of Wounds 13th June 1944 remembered on Bayeux Memorial DOW #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Pte. Frederick Auty, 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion Died of Wounds 13th June 1944 remembered on Bayeux Memorial DOW

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/foDGUGruqn

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Pte. Arthur Pritchett, 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion KIA 12th June 1944 aged 19 buried Ranville War Cemetery "IN OUR HEARTS IS A MEMORY OF ONE WE LOVED AND SHALL NEVER FORGET. MUM, DAD & FAMILY" #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Pte. Arthur Pritchett, 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion KIA 12th June 1944 aged 19 buried Ranville War Cemetery

"IN OUR HEARTS IS A MEMORY OF ONE WE LOVED AND SHALL NEVER FORGET. MUM, DAD & FAMILY"

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/Mmjs0ohest

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Private Raymond Alfred Sutton 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion KIA 12th June 1944 aged 20 buried Ranville War Cemetery #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Private Raymond Alfred Sutton 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion KIA 12th June 1944 aged 20 buried Ranville War Cemetery

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/5p3IvtCJeX

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Major John Augustus Frederick Warwick Bampfylde 12th Bn (Airborne) Devonshire Regiment KIA 12th June 1944 aged 32 buried Ranville War Cemetery "DEARLY LOVED ONLY SON. DESTINED TO KNOW NOT WINTER, ONLY SPRING" #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Major John Augustus Frederick Warwick Bampfylde 12th Bn (Airborne) Devonshire Regiment KIA 12th June 1944 aged 32 buried Ranville War Cemetery

"DEARLY LOVED ONLY SON. DESTINED TO KNOW NOT WINTER, ONLY SPRING"

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/no2at3RhLl

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Pte. Edward Charles Fisher, 12th Parachute Battalion KIA 12th June 1944 aged 20 buried Ranville War Cemetery "BRAVE HEART, SLEEP ON; YOUR COURSE IS RUN. A FATHER MOURNS HIS ONLY SON" #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Pte. Edward Charles Fisher, 12th Parachute Battalion KIA 12th June 1944 aged 20 buried Ranville War Cemetery

"BRAVE HEART, SLEEP ON; YOUR COURSE IS RUN. A FATHER MOURNS HIS ONLY SON"

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/w0juRre0Mn

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

L/Sgt Angus Armstrong, 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion KIA 12th June 1944 aged 34 buried Ranville War Cemetery "TENDER LOVE, DEEP REGRET WE WHO LOVED YOU NEVER FORGET" #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. L/Sgt Angus Armstrong, 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion KIA 12th June 1944 aged 34 buried Ranville War Cemetery

"TENDER LOVE, DEEP REGRET WE WHO LOVED YOU NEVER FORGET"

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/HzUtholgTp

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

CSM. John Thomas Marwood, 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion KIA 12th June 1944 aged 27 buried Ranville War Cemetery "HE DIED AS HE LIVED, A BRAVE AND GALLANT GENTLEMAN" #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. CSM. John Thomas Marwood, 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion KIA 12th June 1944 aged 27 buried Ranville War Cemetery

"HE DIED AS HE LIVED, A BRAVE AND GALLANT GENTLEMAN"

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/jDKCI0ulkS

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Pte. Ivor Louis Fry 12th Bn (Airborne) Devonshire Regiment KIA 12th June 1944 aged 19 buried Ranville War Cemetery "THOUGH DEAR ONES PASS AWAY YET LOSS SHALL BE OUR GAIN FOR GOD DOTH STILL REMAIN" #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Pte. Ivor Louis Fry 12th Bn (Airborne) Devonshire Regiment KIA 12th June 1944 aged 19 buried Ranville War Cemetery

"THOUGH DEAR ONES PASS AWAY YET LOSS SHALL BE OUR GAIN FOR GOD DOTH STILL REMAIN"

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/QAkvAs002t

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

L/Sgt. Cecil Alfred Taylor 12th Bn (Airborne) Devonshire Regiment KIA 12th June 1944 aged 30 buried Ranville War Cemetery "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. GOOD-NIGHT, DARLING. JEAN, CECIL AND HAZEL" #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. L/Sgt. Cecil Alfred Taylor 12th Bn (Airborne) Devonshire Regiment KIA 12th June 1944 aged 30 buried Ranville War Cemetery

"HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. GOOD-NIGHT, DARLING. JEAN, CECIL AND HAZEL"

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/BrRLuPff49

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6th Airborne

@6thairborne

over 4 years ago

Sgt. Griffith Williams, 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion KIA 12th June 1944 aged 27 buried Ranville War Cemetery "GOD BLESS YOU, GRIFF. YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. MAY THE ANGELS GUARD THIS SPOT" #DDAY78 #OpTonga

6thairborne's tweet photo. Sgt. Griffith Williams, 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion KIA 12th June 1944 aged 27 buried Ranville War Cemetery

"GOD BLESS YOU, GRIFF. YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. MAY THE ANGELS GUARD THIS SPOT"

#DDAY78 #OpTonga https://t.co/ODIxdZpNYk

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