Framed Photograph of Normandy Veteran Lance Rooke. Overall s...

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Framed Photograph of Normandy Veteran Lance Rooke. Overall size including frame 76cm x 56cm. This is his story: "The week before DDay, 6th airborne was at Salisbury Plain and we paraded for The King, Queen and a certain Princess Elizabeth, who looked lovely in her army uniform. After the parade and as the Royal party walked away, me and the lads were all staring at Princess Elizabeth when the King turned round and noticed immediately the attention his daughter was getting. We all thought that we were really for it, but he simply rolled his eyes and turned back laughing! A week later and the night before DDay the mood aboard our glider was jolly, until the lights were turned off half way across the channel and we knew that this was it. We landed just after midnight and because of the flak, our glider landed miles from target. My mate and I were sent out to see who we could join up with. We got separated and he was captured. I met up with some Canadian Paras and we all joined them on the attack on the Merville gun battery, which had to be knocked out or it would devastate the beaches when our boys landed later. From around 150 that went in only 70 of us were still standing and our wounded had to be left for the Germans".