- Contributed by听
- Genevieve
- People in story:听
- Russell Billson
- Location of story:听
- London
- Background to story:听
- Royal Navy
- Article ID:听
- A8078529
- Contributed on:听
- 28 December 2005
One day in London I bumped into my Squadron Commander from Colombo, amazed to meet him on a London pavement. He said he was now in charge of personnel at the Admiralty.
I asked him if he could trace what had happened to all those other men who鈥檇 joined up with me at Butlins, Skegness. Later on he found out and told me: only about 30% of them were still around!
This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Becky Barugh and Graham Brown of the 大象传媒 Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Russell Billson and has been added to the site with his permission. Mr Billson fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
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- 6) Extra careful
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