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An educational project at
Lycée L. S. Senghor Évreux High School
WITNESS-ACCOUNTS OF BRITISH VETERANS
Scoll down to discover the stories of:
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- Roy O'Neill
- David Mylchreest
- Cyril Banks
- Douglas McCreath
Meeting Welsh veteran Roy O'NEILL,
veteran from the RASC, at Overlord Museum, Colleville-sur-Mer
Mr O'Neill landed on Juno Beach on June 6 1944.
His family have a house near Colleville, and he regularly visits the museum, so we met him there!
To know more about Roy, please visit the students' website
Interviews of Captain David Mylchreest
(Second lieutenant at the time)
please click here: https://vimeo.com/251892896
2017
Mrs Ravier, the English teacher of this group, made a video footage with the highlights of this project
https://vimeo.com/253415332
Here, the footage without subtitles:
https://vimeo.com/252616755
This work would not have been possible without the financial support of the Direction des patrimoines, de la mémoire et des archives (Ministry of Defense)
AN AMAZING ENCOUNTER WITH 3
WW2 VETERANS
June 3 2019
CLICK ON THE PICTURE BELOW TO WATCH THE INTERVIEW
June 2020
During lockdown, Mr Douglas McCreath shared the story of his father who joined the 52nd Lowland Division in 1940
Click on the picture to access the interview
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