Travel Bug Dog Tag Bill Bowdidge, 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, British 3rd Division

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Released:
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Origin:
California, United States
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This item was picked up at the British Fusilier's Museum inside the Tower of London. Keep him moving, and maybe he will make it back to Normandy some day...

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On June 6, 1944 (D-Day) 2700 ships carrying landing craft and 176,000 soldiers crossed the English Channel. At 6:30 am allied troops stormed ashore onto the heavily fortified Normandy beaches. These beach landings were the largest sea-borne invasion in history. The beaches were given code names - Omaha, Sword, Juno, Utah and Gold. Many of these beaches had been laid with hundreds of mines, fortified machine gun nests and miles of barbed wire. The invasion force was backed up by air-borne divisions who either parachuted or used gliders to land behind the enemy lines. They captured many enemy bridges and railway tracks.

This soldier is wearing a Mark III steel helmet, 1940 pattern blouse and trousers, hobnailed "ammunition boots" and a rubberised inflatable life vest. His 1942 "battle jerkin" was only issued to some of the initial assault waves for D-Day. His rifle is a .303in calibre Lee Enfield rifle which was more reliable and accurate than the Sten machine gun which has also used by British troops during D-Day.

Here's a link of an audio clip from Bill Bowdidge remembering D-Day: (visit link)

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Tracking History (24465.3mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 4/2/2011 Doperwt retrieved it from BIL20: Löchies op de Falieberg Drenthe, Netherlands   Visit Log

Zal deze snel weer droppen
Dropped Off 3/25/2011 Huub48 placed it in BIL20: Löchies op de Falieberg Drenthe, Netherlands - 17.42 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/23/2011 Huub48 retrieved it from Joodse Begraafplaats Sleen Drenthe, Netherlands   Visit Log

Only the travelbug, no figurine.

Will send this on its way soon.
Dropped Off 3/20/2011 Struunder placed it in Joodse Begraafplaats Sleen Drenthe, Netherlands - 7,544.25 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/16/2011 Struunder retrieved it from SCL --- Aeropuerto A Merino Benitez Chile   Visit Log

I found this TB in the airport cache in Santiago ,Chile. Btw, there's no soldier anymore, just a black&white chain.
Greetings from Buterianen (netherlands)
Write note 3/16/2011 Struunder posted a note for it   Visit Log

I found this TB in the airport cache in Santiago ,Chile. I took it with me to the Netherlands, but I will wait for some days until the holder has dropped it off in the cache. Btw, there's no soldier anymore, just a black&white chain.
Greetings from Buterianen (netherlands)
Dropped Off 3/12/2011 Team_Maestro placed it in SCL --- Aeropuerto A Merino Benitez Chile - 7,600.66 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 3/2/2011 Team_Maestro grabbed it   Visit Log

There is only a chain, no soldier. But we will move it.
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/26/2011 fmeg retrieved it from Kanonenbahn Friemen Hessen, Germany   Visit Log

Da hängt jetzt eine Kette dran ...
Dropped Off 2/7/2011 Harrybmw placed it in Kanonenbahn Friemen Hessen, Germany - 4.07 miles  Visit Log
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