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Old 13th Jan 2015, 20:52
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Ric,
Thanks for posting. My grandfather was on balloons for the duration. Our family home is Leven just north of Hull. According to my Grandmother she never saw him from the start to the finish - some 4 or more years. I know he went to France from his pay book I saw briefly at his funeral over 45 years ago. I therefore doubt if he was posted locally to Sutton otherwise he would have made it home.


You have prompted me to do a bit more research. I did look for the family name in the linked document. Like all these things he did not talk to me much as a young lad about his experiences during the war.


His brothers private papers are lodged in the archive at Hull University. At the time I was trotting up there from Cambridgeshire to tend to other family business they were not accessible due to refurbishment of the library.


I am pleased there are people around who record and publish this type of history before it disappears for good.
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