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Patrick Leslie Burgin, known as Pat, was born in London on 28 November 1919 to the Rt Hon Dr Leslie Burgin PC MP and his wife Dorothy. Pat was at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge at the outbreak of …
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I met Ken Embleton at The Not Forgotten Garden Party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday 19 May 2026. We agreed that we would catch up later and duly did so on the ’phone five weeks later. I asked him abo …
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Alfred Charles Geary, born 15th September 1903, joined the Army and on leaving Whitton (near Twickenham, Middlesex) on the 24th July 1941 he returned 25th February ’46, having spent almost the whole t …
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On behalf of Morecambe Heritage, David Evans has been running an oral histories project over the past twelve months capturing the reminiscences of WWII veterans, including ex service personnel, as wel …
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William Edward Taylor was born into a family of six brothers and two sisters; all volunteered to fight; all but one joined the army, he was in a reserved occupation. Bill, my dad, carried out his basi …
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Meng Xiangeng was a Chinese serviceman who took part in the Second World War. He served in the 1st Tank Battalion of the Chinese Army in India. His surviving military identity document states that he …
