As readers will have gathered, Alf is losing his memory but some of his photo's speak a thousand words. This was taken by Alf, at the exact moment Sir Winston Churchill first shook hands with Field Marshall Montgomery after he arrived in the desert. .
Topics: desert rats, montgomery, winston churchill

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Unfortunately and sadly, Alf is now suffering from early to mid stages of demencia. I will try my best to catch some more of his stories, he has promised to find more diaries for me to post. Some days he is totally coherent and is like he should be,...

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The next 4 days on the ship were cruel, at night it was bitter cold. There is just enough space for us to sit down on the iron deck, but what is the use, I have on my Battle Dress and it affords me no warmth. I had to scramble about all night. There...
Topics: matlock, plymouth, u-boats, world war 2

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We eventually managed to report to the check point but there was no information available so we had to carry on to the docks. The air raid was still on but there were enough quiet spells to allow us to move. Every time Jerry is overhead we stop to...
Topics: churchill, hms lancastria, jerry, lancastria, r.a.s.c detachment, st nazaire

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(Sorry to take so long to post this, will be regular from now) We held up Jerry for three days with the help of the Navy who had set fire to the enormous oil reserves in the docks, this formed a handy smoke screen for us. We would have got out quicker...
Topics: alfslife, black watch, blighty, buffs, jerry, navy, rennes, signal corps, war veteran, world war 2

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