Reliving History: D-Day & The Commando March
As part of D-Day 80 I was lucky enough to be invited to take part in the Commando March from Sword Beach to Amfreville via Pegasus Bridge!
The route retraced the steps of the original Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade who landed at Sword Beach as part opf 3rd Division on D-Day. One of the tasks that day was for the 1st Special Service Brigade to relieve the men of the D Company, 2nd Battalion the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry who had captured Pegasus and Horsa Bridges in a Coup de Main operation in the opening minutes of the 6th June 1944.
Living History events take place all over Normandy to commemorate the 6th June 1944 and the Commando March is just one of those. It was an incredible experience to wear the correct uniform and equipment and to walk the ground those men did 80 years on D-Day.
A huge thank you to Sebastian for taking the time to organise the march and to Martin of Hand of Steel Reenactment Group from the Czech Republic.
For more information aboput Hand of Steel, please take a look at their Facebook page here:
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Just a couple of points from myself, I mention Merville a couple of times in the episode. This was due to a small translation misunderstanding that after Amfreville we would continue to the march to Merville but the march did finish at Amfreville.
Secondly, my All Arms insignia annoyingly came unstitched after I put my bergen on just prior to the march. I sadly didn't have time to fix it!
Colourised wartime image from:
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