Normandy

Serjeant Anthony Foy

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Serjeant. 7th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Anthony Foy was killed in the Second World War. His real surname was Ginley but he was serving under his mother’s maiden name of Foy and his details on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database state that he was buried in grave 9 of row A in plot … Read more

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Trooper John Henry Hird

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We have added a number of local men to our research who were involved in the Normandy Landings, also known as D-Day which occurred on 6th June 1944 and the fight which began on that day continued for a long time afterward until the war was eventually won. It was a huge turning point in … Read more

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