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- 大象传媒 Open Centre, Hull
- People in story:听
- Arthur Harris
- Location of story:听
- Richmond, Yorkshire
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A4110175
- Contributed on:听
- 24 May 2005
These memories were told to Christine Barker at the VE Day Celebrations in Beverley 2005.
I served all over the world in a Scottish regiment. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since the war. I was stationed in four different countries Japan; Malaya; India and China after doing all my basic training in Richmond, Yorkshire.
When I'd been in the army a bit, I wrote home 'Mam, sell the pig and buy me out'. Her response was typical of the time 'you've got to stick it'. Having said that I'm an ex miner, so I worked in the pits, come out of the pits to go in the army then back to the pits.
Not an easy life but with so many others I did my bit.
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