posted on 2024-06-05, 17:14authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
We have brought along framed medals and photos but know very few details. It's emotional to talk about. There is a framed picture of the 79th Armoured Division's D-Day locations. Very little is known about it.
My Dad and Grandad (both called Jack Bailey, but colloquially known as 'Jack') served in the Second World War. They talked about it very little, but Dad did frame and display the medals and sent off for the framed picture, which was created as memorabilia. Mum, John's wife, hated them being displayed in the hallway as they didn't match the wallpaper!
History
Item list and details
1. D-Day map
2. Framed medals and photos
Person the story/items relate to
John 'Jack' Bailey
Person who shared the story/items
Jean Rossiter
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
Father and grandfather.
Type of submission
Shared at Portishead Library, Somerset on 4 December 2023.