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225722 Gunner George "Jammy" Priestley British Army Royal Artillery My father told me the story when I was young. He said when they where hit he was 32yrs old and next to him was a young lad of about 18yrs and he said "We're going to go down Mr help me rip this door off and throw it in" He then took his boots off and jumped in so my father did the same and they paddled holding on the door till the bad swimmers came and tried to climb on it and it sank my father always said the young lad saved his life as they were on the outer of the swimmers and a small Dutch fishing vessels picked up the outer ones but couldn't take many as it wasn't large enough so he ended up in Holland and spent two weeks there before looking for troops to go back to and always had a photo of his Dutch girlfriend he met
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