Memories and Reflections on the Dieppe Raid of 19 August 1942

Authors

John S. Edmondson
R. Douglas Edmondson

Abstract

Editor’s Note: John S. Edmondson was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan in 1919. He joined the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in 1938, and then served with the South Saskatchewan Regiment during the Second World War in the Defence of England, on the Dieppe Raid and in the Normandy Campaign until wounded during the capture of Falaise. After the war, he was transferred to the Black Watch (RHR) Regiment of Canada. He served in Canada in many roles, and as an exchange officer with the British 4th Division in West Germany as part of NATO. In addition, he served with the UN Military Observer Group in Kashmir, India and Pakistan. He served until reaching the mandatory retirement age in 1971. John, with the assistance of his son Doug, wrote this account of his experiences at Pourville in 1993, revising it in 2003.

Recommended Citation

Edmondson, John S. and Edmondson, R. Douglas "Memories and Reflections on the Dieppe Raid of 19 August 1942." Canadian Military History 13, 4 (2004)