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This article was printed in the Summer 2001 Edition of Dekho! Very little seems to have been written about the work of the Wireless Observer Units that the Royal Air Force maintained during the yea …
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How Bill gained the Military Medal: Action for which recommended: Throughout the actions on HENU on the 17th March 1944, this NCO showed great gallantry bothin holding the positions under heavy f …
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I arrived at Carlisle station, along with 30 to 50 more, to cries of, “You lucky lads! Over here! Answer your names and climb aboard the trucks!” I thought, what a lovely reception welcome to the Bri …
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A VIEW OF THE RIVER – Charles Wilson FOREWORD In 1986 Pamela and I visited our son Stuart and his wife Elizabeth in Hong Kong. They had lived and worked there for several years - he as a civil enginee …
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Eric Kightley served in the RAF during the Burma campaign, and was based in West Bengal. His B24 Liberator Bomber was forced to ditch in the Bay of Bengal on May 2nd 1945, during the final push to …
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What was it really like, Grandpa? These were the words of my great granddaughter Ellie, and of course they refer to the Second World War. Just about the time of Ellie's request I qualified for a g …
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Denis Arthur Howard Ellix, younger son of Arthur James Ellix, civil servant with the Geological Survey, of 121 Longwood Gardens, Ilford, Essex and his wife Edith Gertrude Jane, eldest daughter of Jame …
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Edward Hunt, my father, was enlisted into the RAF on the 3 June 1942. Very little is known of his war service and locations during his RAF War service. He returned to the UK in 1946 but rarely mention …
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On 22 February 2024, I met Frank Proctor in his flat in Southampton after his son, Tom, had kindly collected me from Southampton Airport Parkway. Frank had first come to my attention because of an art …
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Bob Taylor served on HMS Activity, which in company with the CVE HMS RULER sailed with convoy KM39 departing from the Clyde on January 29th 1945 for Gibraltar. On February 2nd the carriers detached fr …
