In the Hertfordshire Archives are notes and a letter from Sergeant R.C. Couzins, the (St Albans) Field Battery, 86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Brigade/Field Brigade/Regiment, R.A., about his experiences on the Normandy beach and in the following weeks through Northern France and into Belgium cf. https://www.hertsmemories.org.uk/content/category/herts-history/diaries-and-letters/hertfordshire-voices/personal-papers-of-883440-sergeant-r-c-couzins In the same batch of papers is the diary of an unknown officer, presumably from the same Field Battery, detailing his experiences of this time. These have been recorded and are presented in the articles below.
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