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Battle for Monte Natale

I have read many books about the second World War, but other than autobiographies they have never described what was happening at the individual level or at Platoon, Company or Battalion level.
4 Dec 2024
Written by John Strafford
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From the book obtainable from "Battle for Monte Natale"  :

                     Photo John Strafford at the Duke of York's Royal Military School 1959

 

In 1954, I went to the Duke of York's Royal Military School (DYRMS), a boarding school for the sons of soldiers. A tradition of the school was that on parade you wore the badge of your father's regiment. I was the only boy at the school to wear the badge of the York & Lancaster Regiment.

 

and a bit more not in the book:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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