Description
Mr. Lockyer tells us about being wounded and how that was his last day of service in Normandy.
Owen William Lockyer
Owen Lockyer was born in Herring Neck, Newfoundland on March 19, 1923. He was the youngest of five siblings and son of a grocer. After enlisting, Mr. Lockyer was sent to Normandy as part of the Algonquin Regiment. He served in the infantry as a platoon runner. He was awarded the Order of Military Merit, Order of St. John 1935-1943, France and Germany star, Defence of Britain. Mr Lockyer stayed with the army Militia where he became Brigadier General of all the militia army forces in Atlantic Canada
Transcript
I was wounded the 10th of August at St. Alyre farm. Well we had been going all day and just, and I think it was around 7:00 or 8:00 at night and I was, we were right up against a hedgerow of trees so that in the shadows you couldn’t see us. A shell hit in the trees and shrapnel hit four of us and it killed the platoon commander. I got wounded on the shoulder, back and leg, so that ended my war.