{"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":"<div id=\"attachment_2733\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2733\" class=\"wp-image-2733 size-full\" title=\"Edward Carlyle Savory\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edward-savory.jpg\" alt=\"Edward Carlyle Savory\" width=\"600\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edward-savory.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edward-savory-500x448.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edward-savory-150x134.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edward Carlyle Savory<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>6TH JUNE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Honouring my Great-Uncle, <strong><a title=\"Edward Carlyle Savory\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hibbitt.org.uk\/familytree\/fam1877.html\">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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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<div id=\"attachment_2734\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2734\" class=\"wp-image-2734 size-full\" title=\"General Eisenhower inspecting the US troops in front of St Eustachius Church in Tavistock\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/us-army-tavistock.jpg\" alt=\"General Eisenhower inspecting the US troops in front of St Eustachius Church in Tavistock\" width=\"600\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/us-army-tavistock.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/us-army-tavistock-500x319.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/us-army-tavistock-150x96.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">General Eisenhower inspecting the US troops in front of St Eustachius Church in Tavistock<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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