Private 5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, 50 Div. Landed D+4. Wnd. Teamug on his back like a sieve. Average infantryman survived only about 7 days with Bn. Heavy infantry casualties, many hadn’t completed training. “It was all a bit grim”.

Lawrence Youd

Lawrence headed to Normandy on D+10 where he was part of reinforcements for The 5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment.

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