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Sid and Jean Shorten - Wartime Memories: Chapter 1icon for Story with photo

Stansfield was the next village the nearest place with shop and Post Office was Clare 6 miles away, the...

Sid and Jean Shorten - Wartime Memories: Chapter 2icon for Story with photo

I arrived in Prudhoe with my arm in a sling on the Saturday with the wedding all arranged for Monday, on...

Sid and Jean Shorten - Wartime Memories: Chapter 3

HAVERINGLAND camp 18 Tuesday December 30, 1941 to Friday December 18,1942 A tiny hamlet of four or five...

Sid and Jean Shorten - Wartime Memories: Chapter 4

I had 7 days leave at the end of March, Jean was expecting in May and I left leaving to get back...

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One evening I met Alex Polak he was there to see his fiancée Elly Jaeger who was the private secretary...

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We arrived back in Wesembeek in the evening of the 23rd.nicely in time for Christmas, the villagers were...

Sid and Jean Shorten - Wartime Memories: Chapter 7

On the 24th.of May I was given a 72 hour leave to Brussels, travelled by truck to Wesel and then by train...

Sid and Jean Shorten - Wartime Memories: Chapter 9

Lage was a pleasant small town between Bielefeld and Detmold; the towns lay in a long valley in the hills...

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