Reginald (Reg) Burge

Regiment -2nd Battalion Devonshire

Normandy invasion story.

Landed Gold Beach 6th June 1944. On 13th June 1944 was driving a Bren gun carrier removing wounded from Tilly-sur-Seulles to La Belle Epine. He made several trips saving a significant number of men but a German tank open fired and destroyed the carrier. Reg had no knowledge of what happened. He woke up in hospital with severe injuries. It was likely Reg was the only survivor that day and has no idea who saved him from the wreck of the carrier. Reg returned to England and it was 1 year before he recovered. RIP Reg 2014.