Wednesday 30 September 2020

This is the story of my grandfather's adventures in the Second World War, precisely as he would have recounted it to you himself, in the following nine blog posts: .

1. IN THE ARMY NOW

2.RISING THROUGH THE RANKS

3.THE WAR IN IRAQ, CIRCA 1941

4.DRIVING TO WAR

5.BASE CAMP: NIPPON OR INDIAN?

6.UNDER FIRE

7.IS IT A PLANE?

8.ISLAND IDYLL

9.ON THE VERGE OF WAR


 

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