This chapter provides just a small small cross-section of the experiences of the men and women. in and out of uniform, of the people in this Supplement but everyone, of course, has their own similar personal story if space allowed.

Familiar names – rather than formal ones and rank – have been used in the manner in which they are known in the community. Details of rank and service can be found in the records in previous chapters.

Bill Brown 28
Pat Ellmore (Née Petre) 30
Iain Gillespie 33
Humphrey Lloyd 34
Mike O’Neill 42
George and Agnes Smith and Family 44
Peter Terry 49
Tom Van Oss 50
The Forgotten Army 51
Wartime Memories – Don Walker 54
Growing up in Wartime Deddington – John Fortescue 59
An email from ‘Down Under’ – George Harris 65