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posted on 2024-06-05, 17:19 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

My father was in Algiers and he took a commanding officer's daughter to a hillside overlooking the town, reading her poetry. He was reprimanded and she was sent elsewhere!

He mentioned that a red-headed Welshman of his company in North Africa was seen disappearing on a camel, never to be seen again. Maybe there are some red-headed Bedouin around?

He was stationed on the Gothic Line in Rimini, where he met my mother, by leaving a book in the bar where she was working - returning to reclaim it and asking her out. They married in 1946.

He was an interpreter, speaking Italian, French, German - he befriended a German POW, they kept in touch and the families are still in touch.

History

Person the story/items relate to

Arthur "Kenneth" Bromley

Person who shared the story/items

Peter and Alison Bromley

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

Father

Type of submission

Shared at Bicester Library, Oxfordshire on 25 November 2023. The event was organised by Bicester Local History Society.

Record ID

120334 | BIC018