Aboard Llangibby Castle 1944

Reading pre-invasion notes from Eisenhower. Left to right: Ship Adj. Capt G.S. McKay, O.C. Ship Lt. Col. P.L.M. Battye, Ship's captain Capt  T.W. McAllen, Maj. A.W. Gregory (Regina Rifles), and Chief Officer J.P. Aplin

From B&C Review  November 1959

LLANGIBBY CASTLE

Operation NEPTUNE – Invasion of France in June 1944

24 November 1944

Gazette Issue 36815, Supplement 5461, published 28 November 1944

John Pownal Aplin - MID - when Chief Officer  

Clansman - September 1983