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Thanks to Alan in Basingstoke for sending me this...

'General Montgomery certainly stayed there

My mother worked there and sometimes took me with her, I was 4 in 1943.

One day as we entered a man in uniform held the door open for us I asked who the
soldiers were believe or not one was Montgomery.'

It was announced by the Allied Forces Club of the
People's Dispensary for Sick Animals that the Dickin Medal (the animal's VC),
was awarded to a pigeon owned by Mr G Noterman of Shepherd's Bush.

The pigeon, "Duke of Normandy" (N.U.R.P 41 S.B.C.219), was one of two which
brought early news from the Normandy beach-head on D-Day.

Peter Barnes posted this on the Home Page in 2016...

'D-Day was delayed by one day due to the weather conditions.

I particularly remember D-Day as on 6th June I was sitting with the form in the Geography
room at Acton County School which faced south.

From about 11 am onwards we had with tremendous noise what looked
like the whole of the Royal Air Force flying right overhead, each with their special D-Day
recognition markings being the black and white stripes under the wings.

One of the other teachers entered the room and told us the invasion had started.
This continuous flight made up of what seemed like hundreds of aircraft lasted for about two hours.

Need I say we did little work after this and I think the Form Master disappeared from the room
for some reason?'