I came across this tribute when doing some research on the Dieppe Raid in preparation for a story I am writing. By the time I finished watching it, I was in tears. So moving and a real description of what happened on that dreadful morning. I have connections with Canada and have visited the Canadian War Cemetery outside Dieppe. Thank you for putting this video together, I will be sharing it on my FB page on 19th August.
Well done, Michael. You have created a moving tribute to the 6,000 who served at Dieppe, many of whom never returned, including those taken as prisoners of war. My father, Doug Harrison (a member of RCNVR and Combined Operations, 1941 - 45) wrote the following re Dieppe in his memoirs: "I will make it short and say I will remember it as a complete, useless waste of good Canadian blood and no one - even those who say we learned a valuable lesson there - will ever change my mind. No mock raids were held, as for St. Nazaire against home defences. It was simply a mess. I lost my first comrades at Dieppe. Others were wounded. O/S Kavanaugh - killed. O/S Jack McKenna - killed. A/B Lloyd Campbell, London, Ontario died of wounds after his legs were nearly cut off by machine gun fire. Imagine Higgins boats made of 3/4 inch plywood going in on a beach like that." He goes on to mention two POWs who were later reunited with him in 1989. More of his memoirs can be seen at 'Canadians in Combined Operations, WW2' by G. Harrison GH
Shivers and Tears! My father, Pte. Duncan Charles McLachlan, 27, with the Black Watch of Montreal landed on the Blue Beach was captured as POW and spent 3 years at Stalag 8B and left the camp on the Death March. He survived and lived until 85.
Paroles et images très touchantes; de grandes émotions ... Merci !!! Denise Bernard, nièce du soldat Robert Boulanger (Fusiliers Mont-Royal) , décédé à Dieppe à l'âge de 18 ans.
Denise Bernard Your Uncle died a hero alongside his comrades. We are free today because of men like this. And yes it is very emotional to see these photos.
I came across this tribute when doing some research on the Dieppe Raid in preparation for a story I am writing. By the time I finished watching it, I was in tears. So moving and a real description of what happened on that dreadful morning. I have connections with Canada and have visited the Canadian War Cemetery outside Dieppe. Thank you for putting this video together, I will be sharing it on my FB page on 19th August.
thank you for the kind words, Alyson. yes it was a fateful day indeed.
Well done, Michael. You have created a moving tribute to the 6,000 who served at Dieppe, many of whom never returned, including those taken as prisoners of war. My father, Doug Harrison (a member of RCNVR and Combined Operations, 1941 - 45) wrote the following re Dieppe in his memoirs: "I will make it short and say I will remember it as a complete, useless waste of good Canadian blood and no one - even those who say we learned a valuable lesson there - will ever change my mind. No mock raids were held, as for St. Nazaire against home defences. It was simply a mess. I lost my first comrades at Dieppe. Others were wounded. O/S Kavanaugh - killed. O/S Jack McKenna - killed. A/B Lloyd Campbell, London, Ontario died of wounds after his legs were nearly cut off by machine gun fire. Imagine Higgins boats made of 3/4 inch plywood going in on a beach like that." He goes on to mention two POWs who were later reunited with him in 1989. More of his memoirs can be seen at 'Canadians in Combined Operations, WW2' by G. Harrison
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Gord Harrison Hello Gord, thanks for your comment. The authentic words of your father are stirring to say the least. May we always remember Dieppe.
Shivers and Tears! My father, Pte. Duncan Charles McLachlan, 27, with the Black Watch of Montreal landed on the Blue Beach was captured as POW and spent 3 years at Stalag 8B and left the camp on the Death March. He survived and lived until 85.
Least we forget
Paroles et images très touchantes; de grandes émotions ... Merci !!!
Denise Bernard, nièce du soldat Robert Boulanger (Fusiliers Mont-Royal) , décédé à Dieppe à l'âge de 18 ans.
Denise Bernard Your Uncle died a hero alongside his comrades. We are free today because of men like this. And yes it is very emotional to see these photos.