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My husband and I were both born after the end of the War but both our fathers were in the RAF in Burma and India and Uncle George died on D Day.

My Dad didn't say much about his time in India but what he told me I have written down and I have his strange blue photos.

Trevor's Dad was persuaded to write his memories down, I just edited them a bit.

But George intrigued us because he had been awarded the Croix de Guerre and we wondered why a British Sapper would gain a French honour.

A bit of digging - thanks to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on

http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/search.aspx

revealed where George was buried, so a long weekend was arranged in Normandy. This was 1994. We visited the grave, which was a very moving experience despite the fact that George died before we were born.

We went to the Museum at Arromanches and made some enquiries about where we could find any further information. A very helpful young lady gave us the address of the Museum's director, who in turn put us in touch with General Leclerc, who put us in touch with the Major that commanded George's Unit! Coincidentally this person lived only a couple of miles away from Trevor's dad, who was with us on the trip!

We found out a lot about what George did in the War and corresponded with some very helpful people on both sides of the Channel.

The whole experience also whetted my appetite for Family History research generally and in the ensuing 10 years have been completely bitten by the bug!