My father's name is Leonard Milsom, also known as Whacker. He was in D Troop, 519 Battery, 104 Royal Horse Artillery, Essex Yeomanry. He would love to hear from any of the following that served with him or indeed anyone who knew him;
Dick Barlow
Freddie Watson
Frankie Pillborough
Frank Russell
Henry Fielding
Jeffrey Pyman
Cpt. Nicholas
Huge Jones
Major Francis Ellis
Busty Roberts
Bertie Bond
Topper Brown
He was at Pornichet and Dunkirk in France. Spent some time at Dungeness Lighthouse, Kent before being billeted at Villa Park (Aston Villa Football Stadium). From there he was sent to North Africa, was wounded at Bir Hakeim, served in the Special Investigations Bureau in Cairo, went to Aleppo in Syria, and Damascus then on to Ancona in Italy, to Rimini then to the Dolomites. He was near Trieste when the War ended. After this he spent some time in Austria at Himelberg near Villach.
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