204701 Pte. Ernest Harold Raymond Rogers British Army Sussex Regiment from:Hackelton, Northants My father, Ernest Harold Raymond Rogers, known as "Raymond" served in the Royal Sussex Regiment in North Africa and Italy. They arrived in Algiers and travelled across to Tunis and Egypt, before travelling to Sicily and Italy. They were joined by the Eighth army and later by the 36th infantry brigade before embarking at Monte Cassino to attack the german stronghold in the monastery on top of the hill. He told me that there were very heavy losses before the monastery was finally overcome with the help of the RAF.
In 1946 they were posted to Klangenfurt in Austria where my father trained as an equestrian until his release in 1947. I remember him mentioning his comanding officer as being Lt Col A J Odling Smee who had his own stables in the UK.
The only other peoples names I can remember him mentioning were Ray Taylor and Dante and I have a few photographs from his time in Austria.
I would be interested to know if anyone else was in the same area or can remember my father.
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