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Wartime Memories of a Coventry Kid

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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:14 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

See attached document. These are my memories of childhood during wartime in Coventry, the declaration of war, air raids, the bombing of our home, moving to Home Farm and then Warwick, and preparations for D-Day.

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Peter Stocker

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Peter Stocker

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