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15 October 2014
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MY FATHER IN LAW IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

by PAMPAT

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PAMPAT
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CECIL STANLEY KING
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LIVERPOOL TO PRISON OF WAR AND RETURN
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Army
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A4468836
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16 July 2005

I AM PATRICK MC COLE NOW LIVING IN LIVERPOOL
EX MERSEYSIDE POLICE OFFICER.I MARRIED PAMELA KING IN 1973 IN LIVERPOOL. I WAS BORN
IN CO DONEGAL IN IRELAND.
PAMELA,s FATHER CECIL STANLEY KING JOINED
THE ARMY AS A MALITISA FOR SIX MONTHS AND WHEN WAR STARTED HE WAS DRAFTED UP IN THE
ROYAL ENGINEERS AND FOUGHT IN FRANCE. HE
WAS ATTACHED TO THE FIRST HIGHLANDER AND
WAS CAPTURED NEAR ST MALERIE IN FRANCE BY
GENERAL ROMMEL AND MARCHED TO A PRISON OF
WAR CAMP ON THE POLISH / RUSSIAN FRONT. ONE
OF HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS FELL SICK ALONG THE ROUTE HE CARRIED HIM ALL THE WAY. HE REMAINED BEST OF FRIENDS AFTER THE WAR FOR
MANY YEARS.HIS NAME WAS MALCOLM FROM THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND. DURING THE MARCH TO POLAND WHICH WAS 1940 HE HANDED AT LETTER TO
POLISH WOMAN ASKING HER TO POST IT WHEN IT
WAS SAFE.HE SPENT 5 YEARS IN PRISON OF WAR
CAMP. TWO WEEKS AFTER ARRIVING BACK IN
LIVERPOOL IN 1945 THE LETTER ARRIVED AT HIS HOME ADDRESS. MY FATHER IN LAW DIED IN 1979. AFTER THE WAR HE ROSED TO THE RANK
OF SUPERINTENDENT IN THE MERSEYSIDE POLICE.

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