- Contributed by听
- royalstarandgarter
- People in story:听
- Iain Winning
- Location of story:听
- Greenock, Gourock, Glasgow
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A6443606
- Contributed on:听
- 27 October 2005
This story was submitted to the People's War site by Margaret Walsh of The Royal Star and Garter Home on behalf of Iain Winning and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions
I remember the bombing of Greenock. The suger refinery was bombed. It was frightening. At that time I was at my boarding school in Glasgow. As Captain of the school I had the rank of Warrant Officer in the JTC [Junior Training Corps]. On many occasions we went to camp on the coast near Largs.
I remember that there was food rationing. I had plain food e.g. porridge. I had boiled eggs at the weekends.
My father had a marine engineering business in Gourock. He suffered a minor injury from the bombing.
On VE Day I was 18. I was at the Glasgow Academy, and I led a procession through the streets of Glasgow. There was a lot of cheering.
I won an Exhibition Scholarship to Caius College, Cambridge, to start on my return from National Service.
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