In January, 2015 I was contacted by a journalist from The Netherlands, doing research on still photographer Lt. Donald Grant of the CFPU. Robert Jan Leerink was doing a two page story for the De Stentor, an Apeldoorn-based Dutch regional newspaper. Would I happen to know when Lt. Donald Grant had passed away.
Lt. Don Grant is famously known for capturing the image of Major David Currie in the act of winning the Victoria Cross on August 19, 1944.
Below is a link to the book that includes a piece on Lt. Donald Grant;
https://www.walburgpers.nl/winkel/geschiedenis/de-laatste-dagen/
Below is the article that was published in De Stentor;
From: Robert Jan Leerink [mailto:rjlfoto@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 8:32 AM
To: Gervais, Dale
Subject: Donald I Grant
Hello Dale,
My name is Robert Jan Leerink and I’m doing some research for a two page story about Donald I Grant (and the Canadian Film & Photo Unit ) for the Stentor newspaper in the Netherlands.
Do you have any clue when he passed away ?
Regards
Robert Jan Leerink
Journalist
Schippershuizen 10
8131 PS Wijhe
The Netherlands
Hi there , I realise its a bit late in the day , but I met Don a few times. He was a regular at my fathers pub ( The Shah of Persia ) in Poole.
Don was an extremely humble man that spoke freely without boasting about his wartime life. Don regaled us so many times with stories. He gave one of his books signed to my uncle and had an old uniformed pic of himslf developed which he signed for me.
My father has a few stories of him , as he always popped in every Friday afternoon. This must have been at least 20 yrs ago . But Don left an ever lasting impression on me.