Wednesday, 10 December 2014

A Veterans Battlefield Tour Part 2 - Ranville War Cemetary and Merville Battery

Part 2 of the recent battlefield tour I frequented early this month. For Part 1 click here

First off a visit to the War Cemetary at Ranville.

 




 
The a brief visit to Merville Battery - this was a German held Heavy Artillery emplacement which could have caused series havoc on the beaches during D-Day if it hadnt have been taken by airborne forces.
 










 
For more on the story of Merville click here
 

Monday, 8 December 2014

A Veterans Battlefield Tour Part 1 - Pegasus Bridge

At the beginning of this month I along with 8 others members of the Army Platoon that I am currently serving with, took a trip to Caen, France to visit Pegasus Bridge, Merville Battery and Ranville War Cemetary.

The main reason for the Battlefield Tour was to commemerate the dual anniversaries of the WW1 Centenery and the 70th Anniversary of D-Day.

All members are ex-service from all 3 Forces, Army, Royal Navy and Royal Airforce and we paid hommage by wearing our old headdress and capbabdges as well as medals (unfortunately my medals were not mounted properly in time and I am incredibly dissapointed and the company have had a right blasting)

These are some of the photos taken from the visit to the Pegasus Bridge Memorial Museum and the replacement bridge as well as the cafe (which was the first building to be liberated)















Vidette - Centaur Tank



In memory

Ex members of RGJ, Royal Anglian, RN, Myself (ex RGJ, RCT, RLC, RAF), LI, 3 Para, Black Watch, RAF, Royal Ghurka Rifles










Part 2 - Ranville War Cemetary and Merville Battery.

Saturday, 6 December 2014

BloodBowl Match - Black Mountain Bloodjaws vs Darkfleet Assassins

Moving away from normal league games the Black Mountain Bloodjaws lined up against the Dark Elves for a Cup game. The Assassins have had a brilliant run so far, going unbeaten in all games.

This would be a tough match up against their fast, leaping, agilty type star players but hopefully the Orcs could overcome this and cripple the evil pointy eared bastards!

The weather was typical nice bloodbowl weather and the Orcs had the advantage in fans. The coin toss went the way of the Dark Elves and they elected to kick first.

The teams lined up and the ball was kicked. The fans went wild and the Orcs gained a Re-Roll. The Bloodjaws started their drive and instantly started putting the hurt on the Assassins, sending a lineelf straight into the CAS box.

An Orc Blitzer burst forward and managed to KO another Assassin player whilst the Dark Elves were reeling and losing focus another Orc attack stormed forward and CAS'd yet another Dark Elf, the crowd howled with delight as he looked like he was Dead but the Apocathary signaled it was only a Serious Injury.

The rest of the first half got worse for the Assassins, as players were KO'd at a whim and the Orcs slowly ground forward scoring right at the whistle TOUCHDOWN!! 1-0 to the Bloodjaws.

The Assassins were fortunate and most of their players recovered from KO's and took to the field. The ball was kicked and the Bloodjaws got a Blitz but couldnt take much advantage.

The Assassins tried moving the ball using their star runner, who managed to Dump Off the ball quite well everytime he was blocked.

Unfotunately the Assassins just couldnt use their agility to their advantage and the Orcs seriously dominated the field and finally managed to gain possession of the ball. With very few Dark Elf players concious or in a postion to stop the Orcs, an Orc Blitzer dashed out of some tackle zones but failed to Go For It right at the line, falling over and missing out on scoring for a two nil win.

The Orcs still jubilant though with the Win go onto progress to the Cup semi-Finals.