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Crawley Veterans talk about their memories

Remembering the Second World War and service life

By John Cheves

Rex Robinson-The War in Crawley

Rex Robinson talks about the effect of the Second World War on life in Crawley in the 1940's.

John Barton-In Algeria

John remembers being torpedoed and rescued near Algeria during his first overseas posting.

Jim Huke-Abroad to Scotland

Jim remembers his first posting in the army

Jim Huke-No beer in Belgium

Jim talks about his army days in Belgium

Jim Huke-Remembering VE Day

Jim remembers celebrating VE Day with his comrades.

Fredrick Wicks-VE Day in Darjeeling

Fred remembers celebrating VE Day in India.

The Crawley veterans enjoying a group discussion

Photo from WRVS Heritage Plus archive

The recordings on this page come from workshops conducted in Autumn 2007 and Summer 2008 with a group of veterans from the Crawley area. Oral historian, Ester Gill conducted a series of interviews and group discussions with the veterans about their memories of their time in service.

To read more about the veterans please click here.

This page was added by John Cheves on 24/04/2009.