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My grandfather Bill was 39 when war broke out and he was called and served in the Light Infantry. He wasn't sent to Scotland. One of his duties was guarding German P.O.W'S,
Whilst on duty one he and another soldier were partrolling the grounds when they heard what they thought was a lion roaring. The noise stopped them in their tracks and as it was pitch black they couldn't see a thing. They hot footed it back to the barracks and explained that they thought there was a lion on the loose. They were met with derisory laughter. They were then told that the 'lion' they had heard was in fact a baying stag.
When the war had finished there was no celebrating for Bill. The P.O.W's had still to be guarded. One evening everyone was instructed to assemble in the canteen to see a film. Each prisoner was seated alongside a member of army personnel. The cine film was shown and before long the Germans were crying. The film was about the liberation of the German P.O.W camps. Afterwards they said that they had not known such treatment was going on and they felt ashamed.

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