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Hugh Beach | General Sir Hugh Beach GBE KCB MC Sir Hugh joined the Royal Engineers in August 1941 and served with 621 Field Squadron, landing in France on D-Day +4 aged 21. In early September, as they advanced through Normandy and approached La Bassee canal crossing in northern France, Sir Hugh was in a Morris Scout Car sent to check the bridge was sutiable for tanks to cross. Armed only with a Sten gun, he crept towards the bridge only to be attacked by a group of German servicemen and seriously injured. After the war he went on to hold senor posts in the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence. |
Items Signed by General Sir Hugh Beach GBE KCB MC |
 | Advance from Arromanches by Simon Smith. (AP) Price : £225.00 | Following the successful D-Day landings on the adjacent Gold Beach, a vast pre-fabricated artificial Mulberry Harbour was quickly assembled at nearby Arromanches, allowing British and Canadian reinforcements to pour ashore. Towed piece by piece acro...... | |
| | Advance from Arromanches by Simon Smith. (B) Price : £150.00 | Following the successful D-Day landings on the adjacent Gold Beach, a vast pre-fabricated artificial Mulberry Harbour was quickly assembled at nearby Arromanches, allowing British and Canadian reinforcements to pour ashore. Towed piece by piece acro...... | |
| | Advance from Arromanches by Simon Smith. (C) Price : £1395.00 | Following the successful D-Day landings on the adjacent Gold Beach, a vast pre-fabricated artificial Mulberry Harbour was quickly assembled at nearby Arromanches, allowing British and Canadian reinforcements to pour ashore. Towed piece by piece acro...... |
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