Posted with permission from the Hamilton Spectator
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Tue Aug 16 2011
Dieppe raid service takes place Friday
A remembrance service on Friday will commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Second World War raid on Dieppe, France, at Hamilton’s Dieppe Veterans Memorial Park on Manor Avenue along the Beach Strip.
The service begins at 10:55 a.m. at the park located three-quarters of a kilometre from the lift bridge on the Hamilton side.
Bryan Robertson, a former Royal Hamilton Light Infantry commanding officer and now an ordained minister, will conduct the ceremony. The RHLI military band will perform for the service.
Soldiers from today’s RHLI, members of the RHLI Association, dignitaries and friends of the regiment will gather at the park for the service.
A total of 582 members of the RHLI landed as part of the Aug. 19, 1942 raid of Dieppe that involved more than 6,000 Allied soldiers. A total of 197 soldiers with the RHLI died and numerous others became prisoners of war. Only 211 returned to England, and 109 of them were wounded.
It’s estimated that only about 10 RHLI veterans of the raid are still alive today.
The Hamilton Spectator
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Tue Aug 16 2011
Dieppe raid service takes place Friday
A remembrance service on Friday will commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Second World War raid on Dieppe, France, at Hamilton’s Dieppe Veterans Memorial Park on Manor Avenue along the Beach Strip.
The service begins at 10:55 a.m. at the park located three-quarters of a kilometre from the lift bridge on the Hamilton side.
Bryan Robertson, a former Royal Hamilton Light Infantry commanding officer and now an ordained minister, will conduct the ceremony. The RHLI military band will perform for the service.
Soldiers from today’s RHLI, members of the RHLI Association, dignitaries and friends of the regiment will gather at the park for the service.
A total of 582 members of the RHLI landed as part of the Aug. 19, 1942 raid of Dieppe that involved more than 6,000 Allied soldiers. A total of 197 soldiers with the RHLI died and numerous others became prisoners of war. Only 211 returned to England, and 109 of them were wounded.
It’s estimated that only about 10 RHLI veterans of the raid are still alive today.
The Hamilton Spectator
