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247489 Capt. Alan "Fricks" Frickers British Army Pioneer Corps from:London My Father, Alan Frickers of London, joined the Pioneer Corps soon after Dunkirk and became a private. He took part in a great amount of building work, much of it huts and fortifications on the South Coast of England. Eventually, he became a sergeant and unarmed combat instructor holding, for a while, the Army record for breaking and re assembling the Bren Gun. By the end of the war he was working in the Rhur Valley and had been promoted to Acting Major, confirmed Captain. I have paperwork that confirms much of that. For D day he trained in Scotland and as a lieutenant lead a unit of Glaswegians mostly from the Gorbels district. Later he trained in Kent before going into The Cage for D Day. As far as I know he went ashore on D + 1 doing all the usual nasty jobs the Pioneer Corps were called upon to do during the assault on Caen. He told me many stories mostly very specific and deliberately his, knowing the wider history would be well recorded by others. He left me a tape recording which I've had typed out, of some of his experiences immediately before, on and soon after D Day. I also have his memories of many events after Caen when his job included sorting out civilian labour and all that entailed. He said he was 3 times behind enemy lines by accident and very proud to have twice been mentioned in dispatches. I have his medals and very little else.   Alan Frickers and mess mates Captain Frickers Gordon Frickers Add to this record.  Related Content: Pioneer Corps D Day and the Battle of Normandy Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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