- Contributed byÌý
- actiondesksheffield
- People in story:Ìý
- Sheila Hurst
- Location of story:Ìý
- Longstone
- Background to story:Ìý
- Army
- Article ID:Ìý
- A7893534
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 19 December 2005
Every family needed to know the details of death and these were difficult to discover. A former captain of Dick wrote this letter in reply to Mr. Hurst’s enquires. Dick was killed soon after the promotion referred to in this letter and before it was confirmed.
This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Roger Marsh of the ‘Action Desk — Sheffield’ Team on behalf of Sheila Hurst, and has been added to the site with the author's permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
These memories are taken from a special edition of a newsletter kindly submitted by Longstone Local History Group. It was edited by Liz Greenfield and published in Autumn 2002. Longstone was a village which sheltered evacuees and was comparatively unaffected by air attack, although the night sky was often lit by the fires of the Sheffield Blitz.
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Other parts to this story are at:
Introduction: A7887487
Roy Finney’s Story: A7887784
Frank, A and S Hurst: A7888396
Flames of Sheffield: A7888657
Molly Thornhill’s Story: A7888882
Tony Greenfield’s Story: A7889133
Martin Simon’s Story: A7889557
Stella Holmes’ Story: A7889971
Home defence remembered: A7890230
Burma servicemen Remembered: A7890492
Norman Hoare’s Story: A7891004
Norman Hassal’s Story: A7891202
Women’s Institute: A7891888
One family’s War Part One: A7892562
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