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By now shells had begun to drop in the wood and we were all getting restless, we were all wondering if...
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As duty operator I was not allowed to leave the office on any pretence, not even to fetch my supper from...
Well son I was at this Kommando from Oct until March when I move to Dresden as the Russians where near......
I was posted with two others, Bill Stavely, another supplementary reservist, from Worksop, and Noman...
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