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Lest We Forget #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th November 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,hoar cross hall,second world war,first world war,Al Alamein,London,Red Cross,War Office,Military Cross,Hitler,Gestapo,Remembrance Day,RASC
...ce Corps (RASC) as a despatch rider because he owned a motor bike and had been racing it at Donington Park during the 1930s. He served in North Africa and Al Alamein as did Hugo Meynell. Who knows - they could have crossed paths during the war, my dad never dreaming for a moment that he would one day own Hugo's house! After North Africa he moved to Italy and spent a lot of time in Bari and Naples eventually moving up towards Belgium. He kept diaries of his time during the war and the one I have is from 1944-45 when the war ended and he was finally demobbed in January 1946 and safely home. It makes fascinating reading of another time when the future was...Celebrating VE Day #94
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th May 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,History,World War 2,World War 1,V E Day,D Day,Great Britain,TB,downton Abbey,Motor bike,RASC,Americans,Aeroplanes,period drama,V J Day,Victory,Meynell,wartime
...ce Corps (RASC) as a despatch rider because he owned a motor bike and had been racing it at Donington Park during the 1930s. He served in North Africa and Al Alamein as did Hugo Meynell. Who knows - they could have crossed paths during the war, my dad never dreaming for a moment that he would one day own Hugo's house! After North Africa he moved to Italy and spent a lot of time in Bari and Naples eventually moving up towards Belgium. He kept diaries of his time during the war and the one I have is from 1944-45 when the war ended and he was finally demobbed in January 1946 and safely home. It makes fascinating reading of another time when the future was...Lest we forget #86
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th November 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Barons Eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,remembrance day,Poppy day,meynell ingram,al alamein,north africa,RASC,military cross,Frist World War,Second World War,Volunteer,Hitler,Amazon,History,TB,disabled,invalid,my dad bought a mansion,Red Cross
...ce Corps (RASC) as a despatch rider because he owned a motor bike and had been racing it at Donington Park during the 1930s. He served in North Africa and Al Alamein as did Hugo Meynell. Who knows - they could have crossed paths during the war, my dad never dreaming for a moment that he would one day own Hugo's house! After North Africa he moved to Italy and spent a lot of time in Bari and Naples eventually moving up towards Belgium. He kept diaries of his time during the war and the one I have is from 1944-45 when the war ended and he was finally demobbed in January 1946 and safely home. It makes fascinating reading of another time when the future was...