Follow the journey of the 253rd West Lancashire Field Company, Royal Engineers from D-Day to VE Day. The Lancashire lads supported the rest of the Army, bridging rivers, using explosives to destroy bridges or clearing routes through minefields - often under fire. Hear from driver Lawrence Cliffe, speaking before his death in 2017. Stewart Brennan remembers his grandfather, William Gauckwin, who was a sapper, and Lorraine Gronkowska shares the story of her grandfather, Robert Hunter.
The 253rd
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Follow the journey of the 253rd West Lancashire Field Company, Royal Engineers from D-Day to VE Day. The Lancashire lads supported the rest of the Army, bridging rivers, using explosives to destroy bridges or clearing routes through minefields - often under fire. Hear from driver Lawrence Cliffe, speaking before his death in 2017. Stewart Brennan remembers his grandfather, William Gauckwin, who was a sapper, and Lorraine Gronkowska shares the story of her grandfather, Robert Hunter.
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<p><strong>Follow the journey of the 253rd West Lancashire Field Company, Royal Engineers from D Day to VE Day.</strong></p> <p><strong>The Lancashire lads supported the rest of the Army, bridging rivers, using explosives to destroy bridges or clearing routes through minefields - often under fire.</strong></p> <p><strong>Hear from driver Lawrence Cliffe, speaking before his death in 2017. The veteran from St Helens gives his accounts on D Day, the attack of Troarn, being under fire while on guard duty in France and a close-scrape after his group were heard playing a piano.</strong></p> <p><strong>Stewart Brennan remembers his grandfather, William Gauckwin, who was a sapper in the 253rd. Hear of William's swim to safety at Dunkirk and Christmas 1944 in Venray on the west of the River Maas.</strong></p> <p><strong>And Lorraine Gronkowska shares stories from her grandfather, Robert Hunter, including arriving at Bergen-Belsen.</strong></p> <p><strong>Some of the stories are uplifting, some are heart-breaking, and they all need telling.</strong></p>
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