posted on 2024-06-05, 17:49authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
World War One & Two. Bibles & Medals, Rifle tests, Telegram and Funerals. Earnest was a colonel, and Harod's mum's dad was in the 1st and 2nd War. Sad & empathetic about not knowing these people. Satnavs. Say was in Burma all through the war. He was 18. Russia, and Belgium as well. Was also in Leicester, he was also a reserve. Grandad's brother got shot and sent back to Leicester where he died. Telegram was sent saying there was no hope of him surviving.
History
Item list and details
1. Medals/Cap badges and Watch
2. Bibles and book pay
3. Satnavs, Telegram and Funerals
Person the story/items relate to
Harod & Ernest Albert Say
Person who shared the story/items
Amanda Ballentyne
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
Great grandad
Type of submission
Shared at Leicester Central Library, Leicestershire on 9 September 2023.