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- ´óÏó´«Ã½ Open Centre, Hull
- People in story:Ìý
- Ken Martindale
- Location of story:Ìý
- Blenheim Street, Hull
- Background to story:Ìý
- Army
- Article ID:Ìý
- A4152188
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 04 June 2005
Ken's Wedding Picture 1941
In 1941 my brother was conscripted aged 20 into the Army barracks at Beverley in East Yorkshire. My mother, father and his girlfriend and I went to visit him there. He married his girlfriend on the 8th March, 1941.
On the night of 3rd June, 1941 a direct hit on the house, after the all-clear had been sounded in Blenheim Street, Hull, resulted in the death of his wife and 8 other members of her family. What a tragic waste of life. At the time my brother was posted abroad. He remained in the Army until the end of 1945. Countless other families suffered similar tragedies — what a waste of lives!
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