posted on 2024-06-05, 18:58authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
<p dir="ltr">My grandad's Record of Service was as follows:<br>- 15th November 1939 - 14th June 1940 Leicestershire Regiment<br>- 15th June 1940 - 1st July 1946 Seaforth Highlanders</p><p>From the 5th Division newspaper (The Globetrotter) it is estimated that the men travelled, in all, about 24,500 miles.</p><p>The story unravels from training in GB to overseas duty with the Highlanders in Madagascar, India, the Middle East, Sicily, Italy and Germany and his return to civvy duty in Bournemouth and back to Leicester.</p><p>Littered with his trademark quirky sense of humour, anecdotes and factual knowledge, this human tale is the story of a person caught up in an extraordinary and terrifying war, capturing the characters and humour that shone during the hardest of times.</p>