210864 John Albert Greig British Army Royal Norfolk Regiment from:Ripplel Road, Barkin, Essex My dad, John Greig was in the D-Day landings in Normandy he said they were given bikes when they landed. The bikes dragged them under the water and some were drowned. Dad was fighting in the hedge rows near Cains, Hitler's Youth Army was there. He was there to support Canada and the USA but they never arrived. Dad was 19. He suffered a head wound, we think, from shappnel on the left side of his head. I would like to say thank you to whoever saved his life. He had 2 years of treatment. It made him deaf in the left ear, poor sight in his left eye and difficulty walking in his left leg. When he was out of the war he had to wear a special badge as people would say why aren't you fighting for your country? He married my mum whom he met when he was sent to Eastling near Faversham to train for D-Day. Before that he was a look out for Germans landing by sea at Ramsgate and Folkstone. He had to ride a bike along the sea front and on the pier and was billetd in a hotel. He said he never received any pay from the Army all the time he was injured. He said he saw the sargent on the bus after the war and he said to Dad "I thought you was dead!" Dad worked all his life but he was effected by flashbacks. He was in the Royal Norkfolk Regiment.
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