Memories of the War - Cecil Percival Wareham

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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:17 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

This record contains a photograph of Mr Cecil Percival Wareham (1924-2005) and a document detailing his wartime experiences.

History

Item list and details

My father wrote a book entitled 'Wareham - A Portrait of our family'. Within a life history of 150 pages it contains very detailed accounts of my father's wartime contribution which amounts to some 100 pages of typed manuscript.

Person the story/items relate to

Mr Cecil Percival Wareham, 1924-2005

Person who shared the story/items

Grahame Wareham

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

My Father

Type of submission

Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.

Record ID

95822

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CC BY 4.0