Share this Story : Roland 'Roly' Armitage (1925-2024): Normandy veteran dies just days after D-Day anniversary Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Roland 'Roly' Armitage (1925-2024): Normandy veteran dies just days after D-Day anniversary He died this past week at Perley Health's veterans' home, just days after the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Author of the article: Blair Crawford Published Jun 23, 2024 • Last updated 11 minutes ago • 4 minute read Join the conversation You can save this article by registering for free here . Or sign-in if you have an account.
Roland 'Roly' Armitage, war veteran, veterinarian and community builder died in Ottawa on June 19 at age 99. Photo by Rod MacIvor / The Ottawa Citizen Article content Juno Beach was in flames when 19-year-old Roly Armitage first glimpsed it from the deck of his troop ship, the SS George Wythe. Canadians had stormed ashore on D-Day just 10 days before, and now it was the turn of Armitage and the 3rd Medium Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery to join the fierce and bloody battle for Normandy.
The beach was packed with soldiers, but they weren’t Canadians. Instead, as Armitage waded ashore, long lines of German prisoners of war boarded the ship he’d just left. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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