Framed Portrait Photograph of Tony Colgan, Durham Light Infa...

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Framed Portrait Photograph of Tony Colgan, Durham Light Infantry. Overall size 76cm x 56cm. This is his story: "We landed on Gold Beach on the morning of D-Day. As a Bren Gun carrier driver with a 3 1/2 inch mortar platoon, we joined a mobile column which also included infantry on bicycles and anti-tank guns. After advancing seven miles inland, we saw a line of six Spitfires in the sky heading our way. One dropped a bomb on us which wrote off the lorry. He then came round again and machine gunned the column. I could see all the bullets hitting the ground. He then must have realised his mistake and that we were on his side and he turned away and flew on. That day we were lucky, as no one was hurt. Exactly a week to the day we were not so lucky. Over 200 men, including our Colonel were killed in the first hour and a half attacking the village of Lingevres".