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I was married in 1941. My husband was called up after three or four months and was sent to North Africa. He was in the 67th Royal Artillery. He was taken prisoner at Tubrok. He suffered from dysentry. After that we never heard what had happened to him. We would read the Vatican paper to see if there was any news. After eighteen months I got a telegram saying he was missing. It's quite feasible that he was killed when he was being transported across the Mediterranean and the boat was hit.

I was living in Crabbe Street. I remember seeing the barrage balloons, just near the tennis courts. There was a bomb disposal unit there. My mother used to darn socks for them.

Reproduced by Ipswich Museum for Mrs Sanders, Mr Youngman's wife.

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