I have several letters and telegrams that my father sent his parents during WWII. My mother recently died and these were among her things.
He was in the 1st Bn Royal Tank Regiment . He was born in Nov 1924 so was just 19 when injured on 3rd August 1944 a few weeks or so after D Day in France (as part of what we think may have been Operation Neptune trying to secure Caen.)
There is a detailed and informative letter to his parents of his journey to and first couple of days at base camp in Wareham.
Another of the letters (written by the Padre’) my father tells his parents he is in hospital but “For goodness sake don’t worry as I’m not hurt at all badly.”
In fact, his tank was blown up and he was left for dead for 2 days. All his other crew members died in the blast. He was very badly injured , losing the sight in one eye and most of his intestine.
We don’t have exact information on my fathers whereabouts in 1944 , so would be very interested to learn more about his position.
