RNCH12b 50th Anniv Sicily Falling to the Allies Signed 4 Gourlay, Pearson, Hackett, Sinclair. 17 Aug 93 BFPS 2360 ...

RNCH12b 50th Anniv Sicily Falling to the Allies Signed 4 Gourlay, Pearson, Hackett, Sinclair. 17 Aug 93 BFPS 2360 50th Anniv Sicily Falling to the Allies. Personally Signed by General Sir Ian Gourlay CDO HMS Formidable. Brigadier Alastair Pearson CB DSO*** OBE MC TD. 8 Para Bn Pegasus Bridge 6th June 1944 Pearson was attached to the South Lancashire Regiment and served briefly in France during January 1940. On 8 June 1940, after the end of Operation Dynamo, he returned to France with the 6th HLI. He fought in the Battle of France with the Second British Expeditionary Force. He was evacuated on 17th June as part of Operation Ariel. General Sir John Hackett G. C. B., CBE., D. S. O., M. C. when he took part in the disastrous parachute landing on Arnhem in Holland, where the Germans were waiting. On the day before the survivors of the 1st Airborne Division were pulled out of Arnhem, Hackett was severely injured internally by a shell splinter. He was taken to a German military hospital and operated on by a captured Allied surgeon, but was regarded as a hopeless case and marked down for kindly hypodermic euthanasia. On the first day he sat up to eat, a member of the Resistance told him that unless he could walk out in the next 15 minutes, he might not be able to get out at all. He escaped with his head in blood-soaked bandages to suggest a civilian air-raid casualty, and was hidden by a Dutch family at risk to their lives. Later, he escaped by bicycle to freedom, his skill at languages enabling him to pass challenges from guards en route and 3 resistance members who helped the Brigadier. Air Vice Marshal Sir Laurence Frank Sinclair GC, KCB, CBE, DSO and Bar (13 June 1908 - 14 May 2001) was awarded the George Cross for rescuing a severely injured airman from a crashed and burning plane. Certified Copy No 32 of 62. 0. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99