Bill
was born in Bulford, Wiltshire in 1914. At the age of eighteen he
enlisted as a Regular soldier in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry.
He
went with the Second Battalion to India, where most of his service
was at Bareilly., but included spells on the North West Frontier. He
was discharged in 1939 but was immediately recalled for War Service.
He
saw action with the BEF in France and was amongst those evacuated
from Dunkirk.
The
2nd Ox and Bucks were early converted to glider borne as part of the
1st Airborne Division, but were later transferred to the 6th
Airborne Division on it's formation.
Bill
flew into Normandy on 'D' Day, then went to the Ardennes at
Christmas 1944 and finally by glider to Germany for the Rhine
crossing and advance to the Baltic. He therefore served very
actively throughout the whole of the Second World War and was
released in 1945.
Sadly
he died in 1995.
R.I.P.
