Eighty-two years ago, my namesake along with his comrades in the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, and thousands of other allied soldiers, landed on the beaches of Normandy. He fought his way inland and two days later he was dead. Taken prisoner at Putot-en-Besin, he along with 34 others, were murdered by elements of the 12th Panzer Hitlerjugend. Forty men ordered killed by Gen Mohnke. Sat down in a field near Fontenay-le-Pesnel and machine gunned. Five escaped. #FuckNazis