- Contributed by听
- culture_durham
- People in story:听
- Mrs Margaret Terry and Mr Sidney Terry
- Location of story:听
- Gairlochhead Scotland
- Background to story:听
- Royal Navy
- Article ID:听
- A4009682
- Contributed on:听
- 05 May 2005
Mr. Sidney Terry
In 1943 my husband Sidney Terry was a British Naval Lieutenant. I was a secretary in an ammunition factory and met my husband in Belfast on my 20th birthday.
When VE day was announced I desperately wanted to see my husband, but because of celebrations, transport was delayed. In spite of this I managed to travel to his ship at Gairlochhead Scotland. I didn't know where his ship was docked but knew the free french had taken it over. I approached two french officers and asked them where the ship was docked, one turned out to be the Captain, who used a phone on the naval base to contact my husband, who was then sent over on a liberty boat.
My husband couldn't believe my luck on meeting the captain and getting such special treatment!
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