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  Down Wrenery Lane
  Doris Graham in the Wrens  

Doris Graham:
"I worked in the classifiers section dealing with coded wireless traffic, once plotting a U-boat."



    Lion Rampant
  Ian Munro MC   Ian Munro
"We held highland games, a 100 pipers and 75 drummers to frighten the Germans across the channel."


    The Last Piece of the Jigsaw
  The father of Kathleen Mary Walker   Kathleen Mary Walker
"The memory of my father's loss became very vivid. I cried all the way home to Dorset."

 


    An Old Welshman
  Victor Jones during his World War Two days   Victor Jones:
"I was no soldier, I was just a scared Welsh lad sent to France."


    Revenge is Sweet
  William Graham sitting on the back of a World War Two aeroplane   William Graham:
"It was as if all of Gibraltar had sailed to the rescue."


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