![]() Some officers were gathered together in an apple orchard, mortar fire came over and killed them all including Captain Passey, this devastated the men who had known him. My father had been a personal driver to an officer called Captain Passey and had known him for over a year. The first battle came a day later at Cambes Wood with fighting alongside the Kings Own Scottish Borderers and the Royal Ulster Rifles against the 21st Panzer Division. In his hurry he drove into the back of a very large Churchill tank and chipped a tooth, he led a charmed life as that was the only injury he had during the whole war. ![]() They were told to get through Hermanville, a seaside town, as quickly as possible. On the invasion of France in 1944, some of his regiment were involved on the first day landings but I think he landed the evening of the 7th June. The Middlesex Regiment never fought on their own, they were always attached to other regiments as support troops, they had machine guns, bren guns and mortars. As he could already drive he was to be trained to drive a Bren Gun Carrier. In their re-organisation, he was sent to the Middlesex Regiment. The Kings Royal Rifle Corps lost over 80% of their men, killed or captured at Dunkirk. My Dad was called up in 1940 and was enlisted first with the Kings Royal Rifles and did his training at Winchester.
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