My uncle, Victor Packer, Royal Tank Regiment, captured at Dunkirk

<p dir="ltr">Parents, Wilfred Smale and Patricia Packer, had a 'war marriage' at St. Gustus' Church [actually, its probably St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock - clearly a typo] on Boxing Day, 1941. All clothing for the wedding was borrowed from friends.</p><p>Newspaper enclosed with items - Plymouth Herald, dated 11 February 1944 (contributor has no idea why this was kept by parents).</p><p>Father, Wilfred, was wounded during the war [no details provided as to how, or with what service].</p><p>Mother, Patricia, worked as a welder in a local dockyard - she loved it, apparently, but was 'thrown out' at the end of the war.</p><p>Uncle (mother's brother), Victor Packer, was a career solder from Plymouth. </p><p>He served in the Royal Tank Regiment and was involved in the fighting during the Germany attack in the West in 1940. He was captured at Dunkirk in 1940, and was a POW during 1940-45 (remainder of the war).</p><p>He was 'probably liberated in Poland' at the end of the war.</p>