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Two medical orderlies from a field ambulance went out to thisn in succession but both were killed as they knelt beside the casualty. KConWiki ( talk) 17:13, 19 July 2008 (UTC) reply

This was a typo should read this man the article has now been amended Jim Sweeney ( talk) 07:21, 20 July 2008 (UTC) reply

Operation overlord or d day is in the article but it’s not part of engagements Kilo27165 ( talk) 19:40, 27 August 2020 (UTC) reply