- Contributed by听
- royalstarandgarter
- People in story:听
- Shirley MacAlpine-Downie [Reid]
- Location of story:听
- At sea returning from S Africa
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A6584682
- Contributed on:听
- 01 November 2005
This story has been added to the People's War Site by Margaret Walsh of The Royal Star and Garter Home on behalf of Shirley MacAlpine-Downie and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
I had been evacuated to South Africa, so I don't remember any celebrations for VE Day.
We had VJ Day at sea. The ship, Athlone Castle, was a troop ship, with evacuees on board as well. The men all threw the blackout overboard when VJ Day was announced. The captain thanked all the men for saving the crew from having to do this job and gave them a bottle of beer, which they had with their lunch.
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