popeye1975
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My uncle Syd was part of a Combined service commando unit attached to the Canadians. He was supposed to have accompanied them on their ill-fated raid on Dieppe, but fell ill with shingles shortly before they set sail.
His name is Sydney Hale, he is now in his mid 90's and is displaying early signs of dementia. Even when he was much younger, I can remember he was never too keen to talk about what he was trained to do...he became a lay member of the Sally Army after the war and felt that as a christian he could not reconcile himself with what he had been expected to do. Would anybody know what unit was attached to the Canadian force that day?
His name is Sydney Hale, he is now in his mid 90's and is displaying early signs of dementia. Even when he was much younger, I can remember he was never too keen to talk about what he was trained to do...he became a lay member of the Sally Army after the war and felt that as a christian he could not reconcile himself with what he had been expected to do. Would anybody know what unit was attached to the Canadian force that day?