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Officers of 318 Battery, 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, pictured at Folkestone, Kent, England, in 1942. Standing, left to right: Lieutenant Frank Simpson, Lieutenant Andy Andrews, Lieutenant Nigel Coombs, Lieutenant Jack Hands, Lieutenant Des March, Lieutenant Bill Almond, Lieutenant James Shepherd. Seated, left to right: Captain C Murdock, Captain Oliver Graystone, Major George Williams, Captain John Campbell, Captain Don Barnes.
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Major George Leslie Williams Major Williams, CO of 318 Battery, 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, led the battery during and after the D-Day operation. He was killed on August 3, 1944 near Reviers, Normandy, and is buried at Bayeux War Cemetery. Major Williams, married with a daughter, came from Meols, Hoylake, Cheshire, England. He had lost his only brother - Second Lieutenant Ronnie Williams - in France in 1940. |
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