Beverly Reynolds recently sent a note to the Class of 63 which included the story of her late father, Private Reginald George Reynolds, who was killed in action July 13, 1944. He was a British soldier who landed on Gold Beach on D-Day with the 6th Green Howards Regiment, Yorkshire Division. Pvt. Reynolds won four medals, including the France Germany Star for bravery. He fought for six weeks with Britain’s hero, CSM Stan Hollis, who won the only Victoria Cross on D-Day.
Bev goes on to say, “All my mother received was a telegram stating he was KIA in Normandy. I found his grave through the War Graves Department in London in 1965, and, after 50 years of research and many trips to Normandy, I found his name on The 6th Green Howards,Yorkshire Division, CSM Stan Hollis Memorial in Crepon, Normandy, France, by accident while on an Insight Tour.” Mike Morgan wrote a book called D-DAY HERO CSM STANLEY HOLLIS VC. My father’s name is also in the back of the book under The Green Howards Normandy Roll of Honor. On our last trip to Normandy we stayed in a 13th century chateau and learned that The 6th Green Howards walked through it and spent significant time there. We hired a tour guide to retrace my father’s steps from Gold Beach to Crepon, Tilly, Longreye and beyond. Their mission was to protect the city of Bayeux.
Stan Hollis was was a hero at Dunkirk before joining The Green Howards while my father was a Sherwood Forester. Both wanted to protect their homeland and Europe from Hitler and the Nazis.
This is the latest Memorial completed Feb. 12th, 2016. Mike Morgan assured me my father’s name is also on this memorial.
