D.DAY CEREMONIES NORMANDY

Twelve free french commandos are still alive, only three were in Normandy for the ceremonies.

Jean MOREL, René ROSSEY, Leon GAUTIER ( he lives in Ouistreham )

sincerely

Thanks Steph,

I visited Ouistreham several times including the No 4 commando museum and the surroundings were the old casino was that was attacked by Kieffers men.

Nice beach too 8)

Best regards,
JB

steph wrote:Twelve free french commandos are still alive, only three were in Normandy for the ceremonies.

Jean MOREL, René ROSSEY, Leon GAUTIER ( he lives in Ouistreham )

sincerely

Colleville-Montgomery ( La Brèche )

Hello Steph,

On your photos about the ceremonies in Normandy is a man called Roy Maxwell of No 4 Commando. That is interesting for me as I am busy with a search about Joseph Ball who was also of No 4 Commando. He was in 1 Troop. Joseph was shot and killed by a Dutch soldier on the 2nd of June 1945 in the Dutch town of Bergen op Zoom. There is a topic about my search on the forum.

I am in contact with family members of Joseph and they know absolutly nothing about his time in the Commandos. My question is: are you in contact with veterans of No 4 Commando, for example Roy Maxwell, who could perhaps tell me more about Joseph Ball. Or do you have any information perhaps?

Family members of Joseph are coming to Holland on the 30th of June to visit his grave for the first time. It would be wonderful if I could tell them something more about him.

Thank you very much!

Regards,

Jack