Hi, Hope someone can help me with this. My Grandfather (Fred Wilson) was killed on 13th April 1940 aged 35 & is buried in the LE GRAND-LUCE WAR CEMETERY (france), he was a L/Cpl in the Corps of Military Police. Can anyone help me with any information on the circumstances of his death as I can't find any information on attacks in that area at the time, the Cemetary lists a few others that were killed around that time although not all from the same regiments. Just wanted to know if anyone knows what was going on in that area at the time Many thanks, David

Greetings, Suggest this could be the start of the German push to roll all allied troops out of Europe, leading to the great evacuation from Dunkirk etc. Peter Freemanboats wrote: >Hi, > >Hope someone can help me with this. > >My Grandfather (Fred Wilson) was killed on 13th April 1940 aged 35 & is >buried in the LE GRAND-LUCE WAR CEMETERY (france), he was a L/Cpl in the >Corps of Military Police. >Can anyone help me with any information on the circumstances of his death as >I can't find any information on attacks in that area at the time, the >Cemetary lists a few others that were killed around that time although not >all from the same regiments. Just wanted to know if anyone knows what was >going on in that area at the time > >Many thanks, >David > > >==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > >

The German assault on the Netherlands, Belgium and France did not happen until 10th May 1940. La Grand Luce is near Le Man which was on the line of communication and his death is more likely to have been a traffic accident, or medical condition. Aye Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: Peter Monks [mailto:arethusa@shaw.ca] Sent: 18 May 2006 17:30 To: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] LE GRAND-LUCE WAR CEMETERY Greetings, Suggest this could be the start of the German push to roll all allied troops out of Europe, leading to the great evacuation from Dunkirk etc. Peter Freemanboats wrote: >Hi, > >Hope someone can help me with this. > >My Grandfather (Fred Wilson) was killed on 13th April 1940 aged 35 & is >buried in the LE GRAND-LUCE WAR CEMETERY (france), he was a L/Cpl in the >Corps of Military Police. >Can anyone help me with any information on the circumstances of his death as >I can't find any information on attacks in that area at the time, the >Cemetary lists a few others that were killed around that time although not >all from the same regiments. Just wanted to know if anyone knows what was >going on in that area at the time > >Many thanks, >David > > >==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what country your ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially you! If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx