Project 65 ™ is a project to honour the memory of the men of the Coup de Main force that captured the bridges on the Caen Canel and River Orne on D-Day 65 years ago. A group of volunteers intend to run 65 miles, a mile for each year, to celebrate the 65th Anniversary of D-Day.

The runners will then proceed to Portsmouth, take a rest on the short water hop, and run on to Pegasus Bridge to arrive at the same time as No 1 Glider crash landed into the barbed wire at 0016 hours on 6th June 1944.

Although this project is some 2 years away, Barry Tappenden, ex Station Warrant Officer RAF, and youngest son of Cpl Ted “Ham & Jam” Tappenden, Radio Operator, Oxf and Bucks Light Infantry and Geoff Baulk, dear friend and companion of Sgt “Titch” Raynor, Oxf & Bucks Light Infantry are already preparing for the run.

It is the intention to invite from the Royal Air Force, (Tugmasters Halifax Bomber Sqn.), the Army Air Corp, (Pilots and Navigators to the Gliders),the Rifle Regiment, (successor regiment of the Royal Green Jackets, and Oxf & Bucks Light Infantry),among others the Royal Engineers, (who were paramount in removing the explosives from the Bridges),the Army Medical Corp and the Parachute Regiment, (as many of the Coup de Main Force later joined the Regiment). Any relative or close friend to the Coup de Main force will be also be invited to take part in the run.

Should enough volunteers become available, the intention is to run in teams equating to the number in each glider.

A record of Commonwealth War Cemeteries, Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

Read ones man's lament

Peter Owen has written a song relating to those who went before and to those who rejoin them today.

Prisoner of War

Thousands of young men from the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand were sent to Greece in 1941 to fight a battle they had no chance of winning. Many were then left behind and had to endure four long years as prisoners of war. They survived this ordeal by a mixture of fortitude, ingenuity and a certain sense of humour. This site is a tribute to those men who were imprisoned in Stalag 18A, Wolfsberg, Austria from 1941 to 1945 .

See our sister site www.boer-war.com

Brian Kaighin lives in Durban South Africa. His speciality is the Siege and Relief of Ladysmith and during the 14 years that he lived in Ladysmith he researched the subject of the siege in depth. A 'by product' of that research was the compilation of a list of casualties commencing from the start of hostilities to the lifting of the siege on 2nd march 1900. This list of some 13000 names includes all the names that he came across during the reading of hundreds of books, dairies and letters and in the case of the deaths, how they died/where they were buried/memorials and much more information. If anyone is looking for information on a relative he would be pleased to pass on what he has.

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