Association “Deep Respect”
To remember, honor and cherish…
Our Heroes
Edwin Jeffery
Edwin Jeffery at D-day monumentAt Veteran's Parade Arromanches, June 6th 2014( http://www.trblmousehole.co.uk/edwin-jeffery.html )
Roy O’Neill
"Royston O'Neill was born on the February 10th 1924 in Llangeinor, a village near Bridgend in South Wales, where he grew up. He became an apprentice carpenter at 14. He finally became a carpenter in Bridgend, after the war. At 17 and a half, he was called to defend...
Bernard Dargols
"On June 8, as a special agent in the 2nd Infantry Division (the Indian Head), Bernard landed on Omaha Beach with his band of brothers. He was 24. His mission consisted in interrogating French civilians. Hearing an American GI speak French with a parisian accent and...
Charles Norman Shay
Shay was drafted into the military in 1943 at the age of 19. He was selected for training as a medical technician and learned basic surgery skills. Shay joined the Medical Detachment of the First Division's (Big Red One) 16th Infantry Regiment and was attached as a...
Steve Kellman
US veteran Steve Kelman left us on Thursday, May 2nd, at the age of 90. Born January 30th 1923, he served as a soldier in the 16th Infantry Regiment of the US 1st Division and landed on June 6th 1944 on Omaha Beach in the 1st wave. Wounded, he was repatriated to...
Cyril Banks
UNDER CONSTRUCTIONLegion d'Honneur for Cyril BankSweeping map Cyril Bank HMS ReadyCyril Banks
Eric Rackham
"89-year-old Eric, originally from London, was in the RASC (Royal Army Service Corps) and drove a DUKW amphibious vehicle to ferry personnel and supplies between the D-Day ships off Arromanches and Gold Beach from 7 June to mid-July 1944 when the Mulberry harbour was...
Albert Figg
"Albert Figg was a sergeant in the Royal Field artillery. He joined the Swindon Territorial Army at age 18 in 1939. He was with the 43rd division and landed on Gold Beach in Normandy on June 24th. He was with the division when it fought in the hedgerows of Normandy...
Dossiers
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF)
On 28 June 1939 King George VI established the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) for duty with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in time of war. It was mobilised on 28 August 1939 and within the year tens of thousands of women had volunteered to serve. In 1941 the WAAF...
US ARMY 2ND INFANTRY DIVISION
After training in Northern Ireland and Wales from October 1943 to June 1944, the 2nd Infantry Division crossed the channel to land on Omaha Beach on D plus 1 (7 June 1944) near St. Laurent-sur-Mer. Attacking across the Aure River on 10 June, the division liberated...
US ARMY 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION
The 1st Infantry Division and one regimental combat team from the 29th Infantry Division comprised the first wave of troops that assaulted German Army defenses on Omaha Beach on D-Day.[4][14] The division had to run 300 yards to get to the bluffs, with some of the...
ROYAL NAVY 18TH MSF
Operation 'Neptune' was the codename for the naval part of 'Operation Overlord' and covers the period from the 5th June to 30th June 1944 even though Fleet Minesweepers were still very much engaged through July and August. It wasn't only the Fleet Minesweepers which...
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY
The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry. It came into being when created as a distinct arm of the Royal Artillery on 1 July 1899, and was re-amalgamated back into the Royal Artillery proper, along with the...
Royal Army Service Corps
The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was a corps of the British Army responsible for land, coast al and lake transport, air despatch, barracks administration, the Army Fire Service, staffing headquarters' units, supply of food, water, fuel and domestic materials such...
ROYAL NAVY – HMS Vanquisher
In May 1944, HMS Vanquisher was selected for participation in Operation Neptune, the assault phase of the Allied invasion of Normandy scheduled for early June 1944, and was assigned to Escort Group 106 with the frigate Strule, the corvettes Abelia and Balsam, and...
LEGION D’HONNEUR
Association 'Deep Respect' actively seeks recognition for those who risked their lives in securing freedom for Europe. The Legion of Honour, full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (French: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order...