D-Day: Dumfries and Galloway veteran James Churm recalls that fateful day
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Royal Navy Medic James Churm served as a medic on landing craft, moving tanks from Newhaven to Sword Beach on D-Day.
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Hide AdPrior to setting sail on the MV Boudicca to Bayeux with Poppyscotland today, he posed for a stunning portrait to highlight his own personal story of that fafetful day, 75 years ago.
James recalled: “My overriding feeling was one of terrible trepidation. Nobody knew what was happening until we got there.
“The amount of shipping in the Channel was fantastic, though; every type of vessel you could think of was there.”
After the War, James became a physiotherapist, including a stint as the physio at Blackburn Rovers.