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A London Regiment of the Territorial Army

It is a constant source of regret that I didn’t pay more attention to my father’s stories about the war. Its not that they weren’t interesting, its just that Dad had a tendency to reminisce whenever there was a war film on or documentary, and he would interrupt our viewing by angrily disputing, with Mum usually, about what was not correct about the programme. For my sister and me it was irritating and we both developed a ‘deaf ear’. It was a great shame because in hindsight, what we should have done was to have encouraged him to jot down notes.

Both parents had their fair share of momentous experiences both good and bad during the war. Sadly both have now passed away and all we have are the old photos, letters and momentoes that relate to these times, times which were the most important of their lives.

As an overdue exercise and because of the importance of the massive contribution the actions of men like our Father made to the war effort, we would like to take advantage of the opportunity offered by the ´óÏó´«Ã½. We would like to add our memories to their website and create a lasting record of the men who were connected with our father. We will document their experiences as much as we can.

The Old Comrades Association still gets together every year, but the sadly the number of members is diminishing. The remaining few will applaud this initiative and where possible will give us the benefit of first hand accounts of what in their eyes the war was like.

We hope the resulting project will serve as a fitting tribute to the memories of our loved ones, and one that can be enjoyed by those who are still with us and the generations of families to come.

Patricia Fairfield daughter of WOII (BSM) VC Fairfield

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