I AM A RETIRED PENSIONER NOW AND HAVE MANY MEMORIES FROM THE 2ND WORLD WAR ,AND WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEM .IM A MALE PERSON, I WAS NOT IN ANY OF THE ARMED FORCES MYSELF AS I WAS UNFIT ( AT THE MEDICAL BOARDS JUDGEMENT!!) DUE THEY SAID TO MY HAVING HEARING PROBLEMS.
I WAS ONE OF A LARGE FAMILY ,WE WERE MOVED TO HILLINGDON IN MIDDLESEX(NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN)BUT MUST HAVE BEEN AROUND 1938 , FROM FULHAM WEST IN LONDON. MY FATHER WAS IN THE MILITARY POLICE FORCE AND WE WERE EVACUATED TO IRELAND ,AND FROM THERE MY FATHER WAS THEN FOR THE REST OF THE WAR IN INDIA, WE RETURNED HOME FROM IRELAND AROUND 1940, AND I STAYED THERE TILL MY MARRIAGE IN 1955 AT THE AGE OF19!!MY WIFE WAS 18!!AND WE ARE STILL TOTALY AS HAPPY TODAY AS ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, WE HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND NOW ALSO 11!!GRANDCHILDREN SO IM A VERY LUCKY OLD!!! MAN,REGARDS TO ALL, ROY.