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This story happened in Cairo in 1946. I was a military police officer for three years after the war. I was conscripted when I was 18 and had to join up, just after the war. When we'd done our basic training we were told where we were going and I was put in the military police. I had my 21st birthday on a ship going from England back to Egypt and the ship was dry so I couldn't have a drink to celebrate. After Cairo I moved to what was known as canal north, which was the middle of the desert. I was at El Cantara and some prisoners were being brought over from Greece and they were in chains. The men who were in the army were criminals not prisoners of war and had committed crimes during the war. An officer asked me to help him with the prisoners of which there was about 20. The men were English and we helped them go across a canal and the men were put on a train. What shook me about the incident was seeing other men chained up - it was the first time I'd seen anything like this. The men never said a word. The men were sent back to army prison camps. One time when I was travelling back to England on a ship there were men in the cells - murderers and men who'd committed grevious bodily harm. I had a good time during this service.

This story was told to a people's war volunteer and Mr Revis understand the terms and conditions

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