{"id":2730,"date":"2019-06-06T23:21:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T22:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:37:53","slug":"honouring-my-great-uncle-d-day-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/honouring-my-great-uncle-d-day-veteran","title":{"rendered":"Honouring My Great-Uncle: D-Day Veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Edward

Edward Carlyle Savory<\/p><\/div>\n

6TH JUNE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Honouring my Great-Uncle, Edward Carlyle Savory<\/a><\/strong>, who was in the US 29th Division Artillery HQ Bty on D-Day, arriving on Omaha Beach at 14:10 hours on the afternoon of 6th June.<\/p>\n

After the war, Uncle Eddie married my Great-Aunt, Eileen Geake, having met her in Tavistock, Devon, where he had been stationed for some time before crossing the Channel.<\/p>\n

\"General

General Eisenhower inspecting the US troops in front of St Eustachius Church in Tavistock<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

6TH JUNE Honouring my Great-Uncle, Edward Carlyle Savory, who was in the US 29th Division Artillery HQ Bty on D-Day, arriving on Omaha Beach at 14:10 hours on the afternoon of 6th June. After the war, Uncle Eddie married my … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[142],"class_list":["post-2730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ancestors-corner","category-on-this-day","tag-savory"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t