Framed Colour Photograph of D-Day Veteran Fred Lee. Overall ...

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Framed Colour Photograph of D-Day Veteran Fred Lee. Overall size including frame 76cm x 56cm. This is his story: "I was a Stoker below deck on HMS Nith, which was acting as headquarters for the 231st Infantry Brigade. At 4am on the 6th of June I was put on watch until 8am. We were about a mile and a half from the beach and once the barrage started there was so much going on and the noise was so great, I suppose it was all a bit scary. What upset me most were all the dead soldiers in the sea, one of which had his pay book hanging out. Funny how you remember some of the little things. Shells from our ships were whistling over the top of our heads and German shells were dropping around our ship when an officer yelled to keep our heads down. It never entered your mind that our ship would actually be hit. On the 23rd June it was hit by a guided bomber packed with explosives and the plane exploded on the starboard side killing eight men. I was due to be on watch on the starboard side at that time, but I had been changed to the port side because someone was ill. When I look back now, we really went through something and survived".