- Contributed by听
- DARRENDAZAUK
- People in story:听
- LAWRENCE WILSON
- Location of story:听
- WORLD WAR 2
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A4621600
- Contributed on:听
- 30 July 2005
HELLO EVERYONE,I FEEL I REALLY WANT TO TELL A SMALL PIECE OF MY GRANDAD WILSONS LIFE IN THE WAR YEARS,HE WORKED FOR BRITISH RAILWAYS WHEN WAR BROKE OUT,AND WAS IMMEDIATELY CALLED UP,I KNOW HE WAS AT CATTERICK CAMP,AND LATER WAS IN NAPLES,I KNOW THIS FOR FACT BECAUSE OF LETTERS AND PHOTOS,HE WAS IN THE GREEN HOWARDS.
I AM SO VERY PROUD OF MY GRANDAD FIGHTING TO SAVE HIS COUNTRY,AND AM SO VERY PROUD OF EVERY OTHER MAN WOMAN AND CHILD BRITISH AND ALLIED WHO HELPED SAVE GREAT BRITAIN AND THE REST OF EUROPE DURING THE DARK DAYS OF WORLD WAR TWO.
MY GRANDAD WON FIVE MEDALS FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION,THE DEFENCE MEDAL,THE ITALY STAR,THE 1939-1945 STAR,THE FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR AND THE 1939-1945 WAR MEDAL.
I REALLY DO FEEL THAT THESE PEOPLE OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTON,AND BY WRITING A NAME OR AN EVENT,WE ARE ALL HELPING SAVE THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
MY GRANDAD USED TO TELL ME MANY A TALE OF LIFE DURING THE WAR YEARS,HE TOLD ME OF THE CLOSENESS OF COMMUNITIES,THE TRUST AND PRIDE PEOPLE HAD IN EACHOTHER,HE TOLD ME ABOUT PEOPLE RUSHING TO THE AIR RAID SHELTERS,THE BLACKOUTS,AND THE AIR RAIDS WHICH TOOK PLACE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THERE WAS AN AIR RAID SHELTER IN MY GRANDADS GARDEN WHERE MY NANA AND MY MAM WHO WAS A WAR BABY TOOK REFUGE AS THE SIRENS WENT OFF.
YES,I TRUELLY AM PROUD OF MY GRANDAD WILSON,AND WILL NEVER FORGET HIM,AND HOLD HIS MEDALS WITH PRIDE WHENEVER I LOOK AT THEM.
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