The Last of the Tide: Portraits of D-Day Veterans: Black Watch Castle and Museum [Perth]

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    JONATHAN YEO (B. 1970)

    Geoffrey Pattinson (1924-2018)

    2015

    Oil on canvas | RCIN 408484

    Mr Pattinson, Sergeant with 9th Battalion The Parachute Regiment, was to land within the perimeter of the Merville Battery, but, due to a faulty glider, he landed in Hampshire. By the evening of D-Day his platoon had managed to land in Normandy and he re-joined his unit.

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