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RE: The PG-HQ Oral History Project
Dad served in the Royal Engineers inthe last year of WWII. He was the youngest member of his platoon he was also the platoon commander! He was in one of the first RE units into Belsen which he never talked about much. He then spent the rest of his time in the army after VE day trying to clear up the mess the RAF created in Hannover and also helped mend the Mohne Dam which of course was one of the targets of the Dambuster raid.
My Uncle served in the RAF out in India for the duration and saw a lot of action though not of the military kind.
Not forgetting of course the home front where Mum was a fire watcher (ie she used to stand on top of Scunthorpe town hall and see if any fires broke out during the night hours) her Dad my Grandfather was an ARP warden.
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