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David Lewis was enlisted in The General Service Corps on 2 March 1943 and transferred to 34th Signal Training Regiment on 25 May 1943.

He was later posted to 56 (Highland) Medium Regiment Royal Artillery on 1 November 1943 and joined 53rd Airlanding Light Regiment on 1 February 1944, serving with 212 Battery, which took part in the Normandy campaign in 1944.

 

Gunner David Lewis

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Normandy (Operation Overlord)
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division in action f...
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Group Photograph of 212 Battery, 53 Airlanding Light Regiment RA
Group Photograph of 212 Battery, 53 Airlanding Light Regiment RA