263538 Cpl. Jack Sanson British Army 5th Btn. Sherwood Foresters from:Bradford Dad, Jack Sanson told me about fighting in Tunisia, how Americans would drive past their positions in the mountains asking "where's the shooting match, Bud?".
They would get a bollocking for driving with their lights on and betraying British positions.
He told me about Salerno and HMS Warspite shelling the Germans. He was very reticent to speak about how he came to be wounded: I know it was after Salerno and involved crossing a river, maybe the Volturno? He described being carried to the water and comrades being shot at by paratroopers as they got him to the other bank.
If it was the Volturno then the crossing would have been at or near Cancello, the Foresters were hammered there.
I am desperate for any information about that crossing: A, B and C Coy's of 2nd Bbattalion. I have some after action reports but need to pin down which Companyy Jack Sanson was in.
God bless all who fought in Italy, you were never given the recognition you so richly deserved
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