Fast-forward 40 years
I don’t have a date for this photo taken at a Regimental reunion, but its probably mid to late 1980s.
Dad is seated, 3rd from left. Bert Scott (our Benfleet neighbour for 30 years) is 3rd from right.
The guy to the right of dad is George Coe, and must be the young sergeant with dad in this 1944 photo below;
50+ years on!
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| Remembrance Sunday Service 1994 |
These were friendships that lasted a life time!
The Battery 164 Address Book
After the war, an address book was produced and distributed containing all the names and addresses for surviving members of 164 Battery.
(You can view/copy the address book names from this page)
The description inside this address book;
75+ years on!
Its now the autumn of 2021 and over 100 years since my dad was born in September 1921.
I doubt that many, if any, of dads comrades in the 59th HAA Regiment are still alive. So we are pretty much left with just their legacy and a War Memorial at Whipps Cross in north east London.
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| Photo by David Anstiss (Wikimedia Creative Commons) |
I love the message at the base of this memorial...
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