My Family in the War

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Contributed by: nottinghamcsv
People in story:: Mrs F Wright
Location of story:: The Meadows, Nottingham
Background to story:: Civilian
Article ID:: A4430017
Contributed on:: 11 July 2005

"This story was submitted to the People's War site by CSV/BBC Radio Nottingham on behalf of Mrs Wright with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions"

I had a cousin in the Land Army. My aunt had 6 lads and one girl in the forces, the girl in the land army and the lads in the forces. One got killed in Arnham, he was only 17 years old. All the others were alright. At the end he apparently said I don’t like those long things — meaning the bayonets

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