- Contributed by听
- A7431347
- People in story:听
- Frank Bathurst
- Location of story:听
- Kingston-on-Thames
- Article ID:听
- A7709655
- Contributed on:听
- 12 December 2005
I was apprenticed to the International Stores, the 'greatest grocers in the world' from 1941 - April 1944 and then two months later I got called up in the Army. I was 18 on 20 June, I got my papers to go up next Thursday. What I remember most was we had to go to Kingston-on Thames in 1944 when the buzz bombs were falling because my height did not tally with my weight. We got there on a Wednesday and flying bombs dropped out the front at 5 o'clock on the Friday morning and knocked my boots down on my head because I had iron railings over my head. It's often made me smile.
This story was submitted to the People's War site by Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije and has been added to the website on behalf of Frank Bathurst with his permission and he fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
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