46 - Fighting Through From Dunkirk to Hamburg
The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2017
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we're going to be discussing Bill Cheall.
Bill joined the Green Howard's in 1939, a regiment in the British army, and fought throughout the whole war. He was evacuated through Dunkirk, fought in the Desert, took part in the invasion of Sicily and in 1944 landed on Gold beach on D-Day…
Bill wrote his memoirs which have been edited by his son Paul and publish as "Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg: A Green Howard's Wartime Memoir".
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For more information and pictures of Bill Cheall you can visit fightingthrough.co.uk and you can find Paul's podcast at fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk.
The Green Howard's are of particular interest to me as they are my local regiment. I have two grandfathers who service in WW1 with them, and a great uncle who served in WW2. Uncle Jack. reputedly, like Bill was plucked from the beaches of Dunkirk, though he was later shipped to India and saw fighting in Burma.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another World War II podcast I'm Angus Wallace. In this episode |
| 0:06.1 | we're going to be discussing Bill Chiel. Bill joined the army in 1939 and |
| 0:11.6 | fought throughout the whole war he was evacuated through |
| 0:15.2 | Dunkirk fought in the desert took part in the invasion of Sicily and in |
| 0:20.1 | 1944 landed on Gold Beach on D-Day. He saw a lot of action. Bill wrote his memoirs which have been edited |
| 0:28.9 | by his son Paul and published as Fighting Through from Dunkirk to Hamburg a Green Howard's wartime memoir. |
| 0:37.0 | But just before we get started, I'd like to remind you all this podcast is made possible by the kind support of patrons who help fund the show via |
| 0:46.0 | PayPal or Patreon. |
| 0:49.2 | Patreon.com allows me to set up funding goals which help you see what I'd like to achieve |
| 0:56.3 | and what your support helps me with. At the time of me talking to you now I'm just |
| 1:01.3 | a few dollars short of my first funding goal of $250. |
| 1:05.7 | When I reached that target I'm going to invest in increasing my hosting package |
| 1:11.2 | so hopefully making it easier to potentially deliver longer podcasts. |
| 1:17.2 | As a thank you to all those who listen, when I reach that target, I have a special extra |
| 1:22.3 | episode ready to be released looking at the Covenant |
| 1:26.2 | a Tank. So if you like to become a patron of the show it's easy. Go to |
| 1:31.1 | W.W2 Podcast.com and click on donate or Patreon.com slash W.W.2 |
| 1:40.3 | podcast. And it's a big thank you as ever to all those who already support the show. |
| 1:46.5 | So Paul thanks for joining me it's been a long time in coming has our chat. |
| 1:51.1 | I got my mother your book for Christmas and my family have been reading it ever since. |
| 1:57.2 | So let's start in 1939. Your father, William Chiel, |
| 2:01.1 | volunteered for the army. |
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