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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In the hands of Doperwt.

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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

Visited 1/23/2011 Harrybmw took it to Wippershainer Höhe Hessen, Germany - 1.94 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/23/2011 Harrybmw retrieved it from TB & Coin Grand Hotel Bad Hersfeld Hessen, Germany   Visit Log

ich werde dich ein stück begleiten
i´l help you on your way

harry
Dropped Off 1/23/2011 lupus.cache.team placed it in TB & Coin Grand Hotel Bad Hersfeld Hessen, Germany - 351.8 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/4/2011 lupus.cache.team retrieved it from KalterKrieg ... Sperrmittelhaus 2 Schleswig-Holstein, Germany   Visit Log

This TB is with us .. Unfortunately, the soldier could not be found. Only a small string of pearls.
Dropped Off 12/21/2010 haseundigel placed it in KalterKrieg ... Sperrmittelhaus 2 Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - 103.52 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 12/20/2010 haseundigel retrieved it from Parcelgårdens Rideskole Region Hovedstaden, Denmark   Visit Log

retrieved from TB / Coin Hotel Fehmarn 😁 but without the soldier 😟
Write note 9/20/2010 Sanne-Allan posted a note for it   Visit Log

The Cache has been completely Mugglet
Everything is gone! Some one has digged up the woddenbox, where the ammoboks were located, and everything is removed! Logbook TB, Coins, everything is lost.
Sorry! for all TB and coins owners.
Discovered It 5/13/2010 paphko discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered... 😎
Dropped Off 5/8/2010 Sanne-Allan placed it in Parcelgårdens Rideskole Region Hovedstaden, Denmark - 28.75 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/5/2010 Sanne-Allan retrieved it from Fjordstien 2 Region Hovedstaden, Denmark   Visit Log

Mayby I can help this fine soldier in the right direction.
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