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Ack 30/5/58 NO/
THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY
D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 — MIDNIGHT JUNE 6

What is your full name ? Donald Barry Girling
What is your present address?
Flat 18
27, Bunhill Row, E.C.I.

Telephone number: Metropolitan 8539

What was your unit, division, corps?
90 Fd. Regt. R.A. (City of Ldn) T.A. 50 (F) Div.

Where did you land and at what time?
Asnelles Sur Mer Approx 0800 hrs

What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944?
Major

Were you married at that time? { These questions cannot have any
What is your wife 's name? { bearing on 'D' Day + I regard them
Did you have any children at that time? { as impertinent.

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
Nov/Dec 1943

What was the trip like during the crossing of the Channel? Do you
remember, for example, any conversations you had or how you passed the time?
Uneventful . No. Sleeping and final study of maps + photos.

Were there any rumours aboard ship? (Some people remember hearing that
the Germans had poured gasoline on the water and planned to set it afire
when the troops came in .)
No.
Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
No--- this was forbidden.