Bob Littlar, corporal, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry ©
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Bob Littlar was 19 on D-Day, and a corporal in the Second Battallion of the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. He had volunteered the previous year, and the invasion of France was the first active mission he took part in.

Before the invasion, he went through intensive training in Scotland. On D-Day, his regiment's objective was to reach the strategic city of Caen. On the road to Caen, Littlar and his comrades had to dig into the ground to hide from the German panzer divisions that were being assembled to prevent Allied troops from taking the city. Contrary to the expectations of the Allies, Caen didn't fall until after a month of heavy fighting.

Later in 1945 Littlar's regiment was sent to Germany and, after World War Two, ended to Palestine. Two years afterwards he left the Army.

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