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Post by Administrator on Aug 10, 2018 20:55:25 GMT
The Shores of Normandy - Jim Radford (D-Day 70 Years On)
Published on 6 Jun 2014Veteran of the Normandy invasion, Jim Radford sings his own composition in remembrance of his crew mates and the thousands more who died on D-Day. LINK
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Post by Administrator on Aug 10, 2018 20:58:51 GMT
Jim Radford
Britain’s youngest D-Day veteran, Jim Radford, was just 15 years old when he joined the war effort as a galley boy on a deep sea rescue tug. Here Jim tells us how his experiences at Normandy inspired his later work as a folk-singer. LINK
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Post by KG on May 28, 2019 23:21:00 GMT
D-Day
'Shores Of Normandy': D-Day Veteran Releases Charity Single For 75th Anniversary
Jim Radford was 15 years old when he served with the Merchant Navy on D-Day.LINK
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Post by Administrator on May 31, 2019 16:10:08 GMT
D-Day veteran, 90, beats Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber to No. 1 with haunting ballad.
For the 75th anniversary of D-Day, this 90-year-old Normandy veteran released a beautiful folk song – and now, he’s made it to No. 1 in Amazon’s music chart.
The ballad is inspired by his experience of working on a ship on 6 June 1944, with lyrics about men who ‘stormed the gates of hell’ and ‘died upon that blood-soaked sand’.
Profits from the song will go towards the construction of the British Normandy Memorial, which will record the names of the 22,442 men and women serving under British command who died in the Battle of Normandy.
The monument will be inaugurated on 6 June by Prime Minister Theresa May and French President, Emmanuel Macron.
On his chart success, Jim said: “I’m delighted. I never in my wildest dreams thought I would be No. 1 in any list. The more copies we sell, the more money we raise to build this memorial.
“We want people to remember all those good men. They deserve to be honoured and remembered. The thing that I remember most is seeing [the bodies of] those lads floating in the water – the ones who had to run up the beaches into the machine gun fire and never made it. I can still see their faces now.”
The D-Day hero, who was born in Hull and now lives in Lewisham, served as a galley boy with the Merchant Navy on the Empire Larch, aged just 15.
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Post by Administrator on May 31, 2019 16:37:10 GMT
BBC Radio 2
Published on 6 Jun 2014Veteran of the Normandy invasion, Jim Radford sings his own composition in remembrance of his crew mates and the thousands more who died on D-Day. LINK
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Post by KG on Jun 1, 2019 16:48:46 GMT
The Shores of Normandy by D-Day Veteran Jim Radford - Supporting The British Normandy MemorialLINK
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