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William Wilson - York Memories

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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:00 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

William Wilson lived in Barlow Street, York during the Second World War and made munitions. He was in York during the Baedecker raid 28/29 April 1942. He had brought a pair of shoes into a cobblers for repair and when he went back to collect them the shop had gone - due to the raid.

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William Wilson

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Anon

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Shared at York Army Museum, York on 5 June 2023.

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115727 | YOR008

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