244953 Sgt. Reginald Fredrick Stacey British Army South Lancashire Regiment from:Becketts Lane, Chester Reginald Stacey arrived on Sword Beach approx 7:30 am on D-Day 6th of June 1944, with Canadian forces and on leaving landing craft was struck by an axis round which hit Reg in his chest pocket area, the bullet pierced his uniform and entered through his service pay book and out through his back.
The books in his pocket basically took a lot of the impact and deflected from him being killed. He was placed alongside the dead only to be noticed that he was still moving and then by some major effort was evacuated by Canadian medics.
He was then returned back to Britain to a Canadian hospital based in Manchester. His wife Jessy was busy at this time working a 14 hour day, 6-7 days a week, soldering the ammo in Capenhurst munitions factory for 303 rifles for the british forces.
He survived the war to later become a postman and to pass away in February 2004 aged 91.
Leaving behind his beloved wife Jessy who still survives aged 97.
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