Past and present – DDay80
A very topical and moving personal account from the widow of Bill Edwardes, Jean, who is a member of SI Winchester. Bill served in the 43rd Wessex Division in the war and also formed the 43rd Division Association. Jean gave us a very moving presentation of her involvement in Bill’s post war commemorations and in 2004 also featured in a presentation with the Earl of Wessex/Duke of Edinburgh regarding the unit’s most hard won battle at Hill 112, see previous post The 43rd Wessex Division formed from the Territorial Army battalions of the southwest, including the 4th and 5th Battalions of the Wiltshire Regiment. The DCLI, Devon and Dorset’s Gloucester’s and Worcester’s became known as the fighting Wessex Wyverns. Jean told us that it wasn’t until the 50th anniversary of DDay that Bill started to talk about his time in the war . He joined