The following story appears courtesy of and with thanks to Ronald Parker and Father Major Maurice Albert...
I went abrord in 1942 landed in egypt... The truck i was in broke down. the pltoon sargent. used to...
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Fred came to our house with him and gave me a shell and when you put it in your ear he said...
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The following story appears courtesy of and with thanks to Ronald Parker and Father Major Maurice Albert...
In October 1939 called up and reported to Britannia Barracks, Norwich. After a few months initial training...
They were all ready there waiting for us to invade Singapore鈥hen the bomb was dropped... The actual...
Bullets fired from rifles and machine guns, as well as the shells from some bigger guns, travelled faster...
I received my Military Medal from King George VI at Buckingham Palace, when I was home on leave....
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