Honouring my Great-Uncle: D-Day Veteran
Edward Carlyle Savory
Honouring my Great-Uncle, Edward Carlyle Savory, who was in the US 29th Division Artillery HQ Bty on D-Day, arriving on Omaha Beach at 14:10 hours on the afternoon of 6th June.
After the war, Uncle Eddie married my Great-Aunt, Eileen Geake, having met her in Tavistock, Devon, where he had been stationed for some time before crossing the Channel.
General Eisenhower inspecting the US troops in front of St Eustachius Church in Tavistock
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