D Day (6Jun44) HMS Ramillies - Lam Pingyu - Losted Diary found in Hong Kong
HMS RAMILLIES carrying out a very heavy bombardment in support of the Eastern Flank of the Normandy beachhead during the early stages of the Allied landings. Her 8 BL 15-inch Mk I naval guns were employed during the assault in neutralising coastal batteries and later broke up dangerous attacks by tanks and infantry.
A Chinese officer Lam Ping-yu on board, wrote of D-Day in his diary salvaged in Hong Kong in 2015, his 80-page diary, written in Chinese.
Lam’s firsthand account left behind, ensuring that its sacrifices for freedom and the international cooperation that defeated Nazism will not be forgotten.
Date picture taken
14 Jul 1944
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