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- derbycsv
- People in story:听
- James William Else (Bill)
- Location of story:听
- Various - Europe.
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A5102812
- Contributed on:听
- 16 August 2005
This story was submitted to the People's War site by Louise Angell of the CSV Action desk at 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio Derby, on behalf of James William Else McGahey. The author understands the sites terms and conditions.
I went to fight in 1945 when I was 17 - old enough to join up. I went off sooner than I thought I would and was sent up to Scotland to join the 51st Highland Division. I was in the infantry, a rifelman. I went to a barracks in Aberdeen and was then sent to Edinburgh where I joined a holding battalion for the 8th Army, then was sent on to France. I served in the European Campaign. We did the Rhine crossing and went down into the Rhur. There were good times and bad times. On one occasion in Holland, we comandeered a lorry load of beer and spirits! We delayed moving on the morning after!
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