Captain Ron Rogers
The Suffolk Regiment
Captain Rogers began training on beach landings two years before . Although expected to take part in the Sicily invasion, the Suffolks weren鈥檛 called upon until by which time Captain Rogers felt his company to be well prepared.
The Suffolks鈥� role on was to push through the coastal defences, clear the village of and capture two German strongpoints 鈥� one a battery codenamed 'Morris', one a key command centre codenamed 'Hillman'. After making his way across the chaos on early in the day, Captain Rogers was held in reserve until D+1.
Visiting Hillman soon after it was taken Rogers saw the German commandant and a column of prisoners leaving the bunker with their suitcases. To Ron it looked for all the world as though they were going on holiday 鈥� when in fact they were on their way to a prisoner of war camp.
