His lads were William, Arthur, John, Harold, Albert, Wilfred, James, Fred and Frank. Between the years 1940...
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The water had been poisoned and Hambledon escorted the water tanker to Palermo in Sicily for fresh water...
Most of the staff had been found accommodation in Penarth, near Cardiff but many had not accepted the...
The twins, Arthur and Sid, had just celebrated their fifteenth birthdays when the Second World War started...
Uncle Fred will be here soon鈥. Uncle Fred was taking me to the station to catch the 6am train to...
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Two of the larger aircraft had been flipped over upside down and two others had broken loose and were...
We reached Stranraer then a ferry to Larne where we met up with the Glenroy on St Patrick's day 1944....
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The then Prince of Wales, who became King George VI, also served at the battle of Jutland, and I have a...
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