Has anyone any idea why there is a grave in Ranville Cemetery in Normandy for Bombadier Henry Hall of the 53rd (Worcestershire Yeoamanry) Airlanding Light Regiment RA with a date of death of 5-6-1944. Was there an 'advance party' that landed the day before D-Day or is it a mistake?
A Mistake...Not uncommon I am afraid. Just think of the numbers involved.Its a wonder to me they ever get it sorted out. I had a mate killed alongside me in a halftrack. an 88 opened up from a rearguard. that was half way across France. He is buried in Holland....There are other odd things. In many cases you will find several Cw Graves where I know for a fact that the Sapper officers NCOs and Sappers were blown up in a huge explosion of a great stack if Regal mines.There was nothing left...everything was wiped clean, yet there are CWGC graves there with their names on. I know that there are no bodies buried there. mistakes? Stacks of them.
