Page 2

Ack 29/5/58

THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY

D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 — MIDNIGHT JUNE 6

Mowry
30
7:30

What is your full name? Cyril Raffaelli

What is your present address?
4 Plympton Rd.
Brondesbury
London
NW6

Telephone number:

What was your unit, division, corps?
2nd Batt Royal Ulster Rifles
3rd Infantry Division
9th Brigade

Where did you land and at what time?
Queen Beach - 7:30 AM app

What was your rank and age on June 6, 1944?
Cpl - Age 30

Were you married at that time?
No

What is your wife's name?
Rosina Raffaelli

Did you nave any children at that time?
No

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
We trained for the invasion from Summer 1943
in all parts of Scotland.

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?
We did not go direct across but out into the Atlantic
for the first few hrs and as we were on very
small craft everyone was sick myself included.
The first hint we had was that it was the real thing
was the handing out of maps and the pamphlet enclosed.

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