Comments on: War Diary, 1944

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:25:53 +0000

Hi Patrick
I have been reading through my fathers diary as I will be in Nijmegen in a few weeks. He was in the Canadian Film Corps. and was in Nijmegen at the same time as your Father. They may have not crossed paths but I have always found it interesting how we can pass a person on the street and have a connection that we never knew about. In my fathers diary for Tuesday November 21 1944 he wrote, "Moved to Bruuman home in Nijmegen, mother, Father,Rosemarie & Miarianna and son John. Shot 100' on draw for leave to Canada at 2 corps- interiors". thanks for posting your fathers diary
Cheers
Bruce

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Kenneth Taylor's War Diary - World War 2 Talk — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:47:03 +0000

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By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:32:54 +0000

Hi Karina.

My father doesn't remember many names any more but he will try to look at the Battalion photo and the officer you believe might be John Eli Shepherd to see if it jogs his memory. If it does, I will post back here.

Thank you for your comments.

By: Karina

Karina — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:46:26 +0000

Hi Patrick,
Just looking at the photo of the 6th Battalion Green Howards 1944 & I think I recognise my Uncle John Eli Shepherd ,top row ,3rd from the left. He served with the Green Howards & was from Middlesbrough. Sadly he was killed in Gheel on Sept 10th 1944, he was just a boy at 18 years old .
Wonder if your dad remembers him?
Thanks & praise to your father ,who was astute & caring enough to keep the diary & kind enough to share it with us. It paints a picture of what happened & answers some previously unanswered questions.
Many thanks to your father ,we are eternally proud & grateful for the battles fought for our freedom.
Always in rememberance to the fallen, may they rest in peace .

By: BoBo

BoBo — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:34:20 +0000

Hi Patrick,
just to let you know (if not said already) the wording on the notebooks cover "O.v.D.- Buch" tells that it was the official log (Logbuch) of a German military unit.
O.v.D. = Offizier vom Dienst > officer on duty
Buch = book

Greetings from Germany.

By: sven

sven — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:22:00 +0000

Your wonderful diary has been listed in the war diary archive war-diary.com.

By: janet prescott

janet prescott — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:28:06 +0000

I am writing a book about Joey (ginger) Hollingsworth. he was part of the kings royal rifles. he landed in normandy (gold beach) a few days after d-day. i am trying to find out exactly when. Any help would be appreciated.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:02:03 +0000

Jim, many thanks. I will pass this on to my father. I always find the parade at the Cenotaph in London on Remembrance Sunday very moving to watch, even on TV. Patrick

By: Jim Grisi

Jim Grisi — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:48:41 +0000

Dear Patrick
I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed reading your father's diary. Thank you for making it available. The greatest generation, indeed. Love the photo of your dad on the bike! May he enjoy continued good health, peace and tranquility.
All the best.
Jim

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:38:18 +0000

A sense of humour, probably, helps one to cope with being in a war. But the poem you refer to is very strange, and when he wrote it in his war diary, for some reason he left one line of the poem unwritten and told me to leave a similar blank line on the web page. The picture (not too excellent) is from Easter 2005, of Kenneth Taylor cycling in the Beddgelert Forest, North Wales.