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Rob, or Bob, Dear moved to Whitwell with his family in 1924, when he was 10 years old, and lived in The Bull on the High Street. Like many men of his generation, he didn’t talk much in public about hi …
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Born in Salisbury, Herbert Edwin (Eddie) Burton, was a Wiltshire man through and through but was enlisted into the Royal Warwickshires in 1942. Why the Warwickshires? He said that although there were …
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We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to everyone involved in the Far East during the Second World War. They were the people who ensured that the World War was finally brought to an end. Peace in the Fa …
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Joyce Marnie, whose grandfather George Marnie served in the Burma Campaign, recalls attending the 25th Scottish Burma Reunion. She was invited, along with Linda Kinghorn, to dance at the event which t …
