He was in action I believe from the word go. I posted his war paybook a couple of weeks ago. I've loads of shit to go through of his record and service. Imagine this, the British gov denied him a war pension because he was a non-combatant. All the horror you see in Saving private Ryan and such films, times it by a 1000 and that's what these men were seeing daily. These men stormed the beaches, villages, towns etc exactly the same but to save lives of their men. My grandad was shot and given the option to end his service....
His answer was "I'm not leaving my boys out there alone" he went