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My father was a soldier with the Worcestershire Regiment. In 1929, he served in Malta then he went to China for seven years. I remember him going. I went for six years without seeing him. Then he joined the SAS and became involved in the desert patrols with the Desert Rats. He was a sniper and always involved with intelligence missions.
Then he went missing, believed dead, for nine months. It was an incredibly sad time. Then after all that time, we had a telegram saying he wasn't dead after all. We couldn't believe it and were jubilant. He had been taken as a prisoner of war by the Germans. He escaped three times. Once two of the soldiers he escaped with died on the way. He surrendered himself to the Germans and was put in front of a firing squad. He says it was only because he was wearing civilian clothes and had a picture of us, his family, in his pocket that he was able to convince the German soldiers not to kill him. He remained a prisoner of war until the end of the war.
When he returned, he was given the DCM for bravery in the field. I went with him to the ceremony in 1947. (The Distinguished Conduct Medal recognises acts of gallantry performed by non-commissioned officers and was regarded as second only to the Victoria Cross in prestige.)

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