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Lest We Forget #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th November 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,hoar cross hall,second world war,first world war,Al Alamein,London,Red Cross,War Office,Military Cross,Hitler,Gestapo,Remembrance Day,RASC
...ttempt on Hitler's life yesterday by some of his officers. Today the Gestapo are patrolling the streets of Berlin with machine guns. I don't think it will be long now." Wow - history in the making and my father was there hearing it first hand - and hoping that the war was coming to an end soon. Sadly, he had to wait another year or so before he got his wish.
Diary entries in 1944
Unfortunately, not everyone got to come home and carry on with their lives. Although my dad did, he contracted tuberculosis (TB) after the war and had to spend two years in a sanatorium losing half a lung. He also ended his romance with Winnie as he didn't feel it...Lest we forget #86
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th November 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Barons Eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,remembrance day,Poppy day,meynell ingram,al alamein,north africa,RASC,military cross,Frist World War,Second World War,Volunteer,Hitler,Amazon,History,TB,disabled,invalid,my dad bought a mansion,Red Cross
...ttempt on Hitler's life yesterday by some of his officers. Today the Gestapo are patrolling the streets of Berlin with machine guns. I don't think it will be long now." Wow - history in the making and my father was there hearing it first hand - and hoping that the war was coming to an end soon. Sadly, he had to wait another year or so before he got his wish.
Diary entries in 1944
Unfortunately, not everyone got to come home and carry on with their lives. Although my dad did come home, he contracted tuberculosis (TB) after the war and had to spend two years in a sanatorium losing half a lung. He also ended his romance with Winnie as he didn'...Celebrating VE Day #94
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th May 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,History,World War 2,World War 1,V E Day,D Day,Great Britain,TB,downton Abbey,Motor bike,RASC,Americans,Aeroplanes,period drama,V J Day,Victory,Meynell,wartime
...ttempt on Hitler's life yesterday by some of his officers. Today the Gestapo are patrolling the streets of Berlin with machine guns. I don't think it will be long now." Wow - history in the making and my father was there hearing it first hand - and hoping that the war was coming to an end soon. Sadly, he had to wait another year or so before he got his wish.
My dad's diary from 1944
Unfortunately, not everyone got to come home and carry on with their lives. Although my dad did come home, he contracted tuberculosis (TB) after the war and had to spend two years in a sanatorium losing half a lung. He also ended his romance with Winnie as he di...