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An “extra-ordinary” soldier - WWII Memoirs from Dunkirk to Stalag XVIII C — Part 8

As we all know the RBL developed and has been the backbone of all support for the WWI and WWII Veterans......

An “extra-ordinary” soldier - WWII Memoirs from Dunkirk to Stalag XVIII C — Part 7

The plan was to have a tin attached to a loop of wire and dangle this contraption over the embers with a...

An “extra-ordinary” soldier - WWII Memoirs from Dunkirk to Stalag XVIII C — Part 6

On reaching the stage of rapid deterioration the conversation then revolved round small rock cakes that...

An “extra-ordinary” soldier - WWII Memoirs from Dunkirk to Stalag XVIII C — Part 5

It was Christmas Eve 1942 and the start of what turned our to be almost 4 years confinement in POW camps...

An “extra-ordinary” soldier - WWII Memoirs from Dunkirk to Stalag XVIII C — Part 4

We made our way down the wadi towards the sea, a difficult trip in the dark, slipping and floundering on...

An “extra-ordinary” soldier - WWII Memoirs from Dunkirk to Stalag XVIII C — Part 3

DCC had heard that his parents and younger brother had been bombed out of their home in London; he set off...

An “extra-ordinary” soldier - WWII Memoirs from Dunkirk to Stalag XVIII C — Part 2

Introduction ® Call up ® France and Dunkirk ® Furlough and hard times at home ® Staging...

An “extra-ordinary” soldier - WWII Memoirs from Dunkirk to Stalag XVIII C — Part 1

His devoted Mum and his lifelong hero his own Dad, to his Brother Arthur and of course his elder Brother...

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