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236688 Pte. James Ernest Butterworth British Army No 3 Regiment, 20 Squad Royal Signals from:Whitworth, Nr Rochdale Jim Butterworth is my father, a driver in No 3 Royal Signals. He was at D-day + 12 approx. In his diary he reported the number of dead. The Royal Signals recorded tank wireless traffic in Scotland and then replayed this during D-day to fool the Germans that the tanks were still in the UK. He talked about a German plane coming over and taking out one of the wireless trucks, which meant that a regiment of tanks went off the air! An officer got into bother for that should have been better hidden. All in the truck died. He went to Monte Cassino and parked at the Vatican when they entered Rome. The wireless trucks were not allowed to go into Germany. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**