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15 October 2014
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Stories categorised in 'Memories: Diary of Peter Geoffrey Bate'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
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Memories 1

To London Fire Brigade dance at Covent Garden with Dad, Mum, Dorothy and her sister Margery. Dad rings me...

Memories 2

In Dad's car from Kidbrooke to Sutton Coldfield, slipping and sliding all the way on roads covered with...

Memories 3

Take one look at the crowded hammock sleeping quarters on the lower decks of the “Duchess”, and...

Memories 3a

It's something to say casually when Africa is mentioned “Oh yes, I have a boy in the Artillery...

Memories 3b

Load the Regiment's guns and trucks, including “Patricia”, my pride and joy, on to the...

Memories 3c

RHQ leaves the field where the DUKWs were unloaded, four long months ago, and which now has communicating...

Memories 3d

The WOSB organised a series of painfully slow transits to Naples, then it was off to England on the...

Memories 3e

Friends of a friend in England, Major and Mrs Hughes, invite me to dinner at their spacious bungalow in...

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