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204590Marine John Humphreys
28th Bn
from:Middlesbrough
My Step Grandad, Jack Humphreys served with the Royal Marines in WW2. He spent time in Italy preparing for the landing but contracted malaria and never took part. He moved back to UK and formed up with 41 Bn RM. He took part in the D Day landings crewing an LCA (Landing Ship Assault) as part of 338 Flotilla (I think) He was heavily committed with the movement of men and stores onto Mulberry Harbour at Aaromanchs.He is in poor health with a fading memory. He has never returned to France and tried this year for the 65th but was told he needed a carer. I have arranged a trip down memory lane for him and will accompany him throughout a tour of the Normandy Landing sites. His memory comes and goes and I'm sure that once he get's back on French soil a few emotions will rise and his memories will flood back. I am a serving officer in the Royal Engineers and will put together a tour package. I don't want to be caught out as he was there so I need to get my facts together. Is there anyone out there that remembers a Jack or John Humphreys from the Middlesbrough area and can offer some information?
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