SOE LOAD CODES
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:54 pm
Could have been part of a 'VIOLET' container
Could have been part of a 'VIOLET' container
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NEXT PURCHASE - MAYBE!
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Could have been part of a 'VIOLET' container
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:46 pm
cant go wrong with an enfeild and a no1 would be my choice
Re: NEXT PURCHASE - MAYBE!
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:28 pm
Well, 3½ years since this post dried up but it's quite amazing what comes into your life from nowhere 
Three days ago a teacher who is involved in the Frankton Souvenire Society (Cockleshell Heroes) came round to see if there was any information in some magazines that my Mother has saved over the years from the Second World War Experience in Leeds .http://www.war-experience.org/
I have some photographs that I have taken at various ceremonies and I asked her if she would like copies.
She said yeas and so I put all the information on a CD and she called to collect it yesterday.
After a brief talk about the Frankton Raid and the aftermath she said that she was born in the Vendee and her family had been involved in the Resistance there.
I mentioned than my No:4 was part of an arms drop in 1944 and after a while it transpired that her cousin was responsible for the safety of the units arms which were possibly dropped and stored in the area I was told about when I bought the rifle...............................Watch this space
Three days ago a teacher who is involved in the Frankton Souvenire Society (Cockleshell Heroes) came round to see if there was any information in some magazines that my Mother has saved over the years from the Second World War Experience in Leeds .http://www.war-experience.org/
I have some photographs that I have taken at various ceremonies and I asked her if she would like copies.
She said yeas and so I put all the information on a CD and she called to collect it yesterday.
After a brief talk about the Frankton Raid and the aftermath she said that she was born in the Vendee and her family had been involved in the Resistance there.
I mentioned than my No:4 was part of an arms drop in 1944 and after a while it transpired that her cousin was responsible for the safety of the units arms which were possibly dropped and stored in the area I was told about when I bought the rifle...............................Watch this space
Re: NEXT PURCHASE - MAYBE!
Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 7:37 pm
i keep coming back - still watching 
Re: NEXT PURCHASE - MAYBE!
Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 1:58 am
No further contact with her but I am sure she will call round and tell me in the near future.
Lot of holidays here at the moment so she is probably taking some herself
Lot of holidays here at the moment so she is probably taking some herself
Re: NEXT PURCHASE - MAYBE!
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:32 am
Well, a bit more info to put on the table of the jigsaw!
The supposed drop zone on the map I have was not a drop zone BUT there were 3 in the area, the main one being near Bouin near to the Ile Noirmutier.
There were various arms caches in that area, many found by the Germans and French police through informants. The people caught hiding arms were sent to Auschwitz.
Because of this problem my friends cousin went out and secretly, without telling anyone, moved various caches to a a place called Apremont before they could fall in to enemy hands. It is possible that the rifle is from these arms.
The details I gave her are presently with her family in the area so I hope for more detailed information later on.
The supposed drop zone on the map I have was not a drop zone BUT there were 3 in the area, the main one being near Bouin near to the Ile Noirmutier.
There were various arms caches in that area, many found by the Germans and French police through informants. The people caught hiding arms were sent to Auschwitz.
Because of this problem my friends cousin went out and secretly, without telling anyone, moved various caches to a a place called Apremont before they could fall in to enemy hands. It is possible that the rifle is from these arms.
The details I gave her are presently with her family in the area so I hope for more detailed information later on.
Re: NEXT PURCHASE - MAYBE!
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:49 pm
Hey..........I know that area relatively well.
Been in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and visited the Ile Noirmoutier last year.
Like A square 10 I keep coming back here.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Martin
Been in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and visited the Ile Noirmoutier last year.
Like A square 10 I keep coming back here.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Martin
Re: NEXT PURCHASE - MAYBE!
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:32 pm
and martin and i will continue to wait , hope things are sorting out over there .....
BTW martin , my daughter and her team spend a week near you before going over to london for the games , currently in running for the gold - fingers crossed here
BTW martin , my daughter and her team spend a week near you before going over to london for the games , currently in running for the gold - fingers crossed here
Re: NEXT PURCHASE - MAYBE!
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:40 pm
Hope they get the Gold AS10. Gone quiet again but hope to get some news by the end of the year.................
Re: NEXT PURCHASE - MAYBE!
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:15 pm
Same here.DuncaninFrance wrote:Hope they get the Gold AS10. Gone quiet again but hope to get some news by the end of the year.................
I will keep my fingers crossed for them.
BTW:
A Square.......your daughter was here?
Where did she stay?
Met vriendelijke groet,
Martin