Reginald Wooldridge and Oliver Newing - two grandfathers

<p dir="ltr">Reginald Wooldridge was a Sergeant in the 7th Armoured Unit (REME), whose job it was to fix tanks. He served as a Desert Rat, but for D-Day, he was in charge of tanks as they were shipped across. At the end of the war, he was in Berlin and took part in a victory parade. He was then assigned to work at Volkswagen to help rebuild the factory, where he stayed for several years.</p><p>Oliver Newing served in the East Kent Regiment, 5th Battalion (Buffs). He left for France on 19 April 1940 and was captured at Dunkirk. He walked across Belgium to a POW camp (Stalag Luft VIIIB), where he was imprisoned until 1945.</p>