My father was a doctor in the Sixth Airborne Division, 12th Battalion The Yorkshire, Dr Thomas M. Wilson....
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You must have a spoon — place water from your bottle in the spoon, place the tablet in the water...
The following are extracts from censored letters written from the Barham by my father, Surgeon-Commander...
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I was worried for my parrot, Polly, and the money I was looking after for the girls at work....
I spent a month on night duty at the military hospital during the bombing of York and was then posted to...
I was employed as a Junior Nurse at the time of World War II and later progressed on to become a staff...
We held them at first but the French gave way and we slowly had to retreat to the Dunkirk area and perhaps...
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I asked the Trooper in front what was happening and he said that there was a 'Flap on' because a...
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Somehow I was brave or stupid enough, now I look back, to be well-padded and to wear someone's satin...
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When he got back to England, Thomas was told that England was expected to be invaded, so the army went down...
On to Aden & Egypt...
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