Found a Then and Now of British troops (possibly of the 3rd Division) move inland from Queen White Beach at Sword Beach.
div insignia on upper arm & rear of vehicle. 77 denotes one of the Field Ambulances . http://britmods.freehosting.net/infdiv.htm
Ben , as you like then & nows , here's another one I did back in October 2010. B 5040 http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205201946 Universal Carriers of 2nd Middlesex Regiment (3rd Division's MG battalion) pass a Churchill AVRE of 77th Assault Squadron, 5th Assault Regiment, in La Brèche d'Hermanville, 6 June 1944.
B5023 A Universal Carrier with wading screens attached and half-tracks of 3rd Division passing through Hermanville-sur-Mer, 6 June 1944. http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205205804
Owen Is that the same house on the two sets of then and now photos? Looks like they've done a modification to the first floor corner balcony between 1944 and recently.
B5018 and same view in October 2010 http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205205272 British 3rd Division troops passing a First World War memorial in Hermanville-sur-Mer, 6 June 1944.
Owen, Really nice then and nows you have done there. Is B5023 in the same place as the 1 I posted? Thanks Ben
Have a look on GoogleStreetview. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Hermanville-sur-Mer,+France/@49.297417,-0.302635,3a,75y,79.67h,91.38t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sr9uyG6iMQetDlhNeadkEXg!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x480a60d36f27a777:0xed12a2cd741d9e5a
No down the road in Hermanville. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@49.2809287,-0.3172187,3a,75y,25.35h,89.35t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1so9_jjxx4rFlp4GTW4HTAGQ!2e0
Thanks Owen. I parked on that corner on 5th June this year so friend and I could wander down to the beach. I wish I'd known at the time!
Thanks Owen. I parked on that corner on 5th June this year so friend and I could wander down to the beach. I wish I'd known at the time! Oh dear, a good excuse to go back.
Slighty wrong angle in 2010 B5039 http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205205810 Troops of 3rd Division pause in La Brèche d'Hermanville during their move inland, 6 June 1944.
Took my tour group to this spot in June. My friend Nick Stone kindly allowed me to use several of his 'ghosted' images which I had printed. They must have been popular as the guests nicked the lot...
Same place & same photo as in post #15 , just cropped other side of it for this one. B5027 http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205201944 German prisoners being escorted back through La Brèche d'Hermanville by men of the 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 6 June 1944.
The other photos from Nick's Hermanville Set. Ghosted photos aren't everyone's cup of tea but I very much like them when done as well as this..
My Late Father L .A Eagle 6203959 Served in the 2nd battalion the middlesex regiment from 1937 until 1946 i belive this is my father driving the carrier i have seen this picture before he was at Dunkirk also he was flown home from Bremen at the end of the campaign in a Dakota with hi injuries i believe his brother also served in the same regiment Clifford Victor Eagle
Hello Lion, Do you know by any chance which platoon and/or company in 2 Middlesex your father was during D Day? Michel