100344 Pte. William "Blackie" Blackwood Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from:Sunderland, Co Durham I can only speak on behalf of my father who would never talk much about his days in World War 2.
He served in North Africa he used to say to me he wasn't frightened of anyone he was fighting apart
from a tribe named the Fuzzy Wuzzys, he told me they scared him to death. He used to say about
the maggots that were in his cigarrettes and food and how he dreamt of his roast beef yorkshire pudding dinners.
My dad went into the army after being ill with pernicious anemia, at that time there was very little cure for it,
he eventually got well but was still weak and told that he should not join the army,
he made sure he joined to fight for his country. The sadness of all this is when he returned home
there wasn't many jobs to seek. It saddens me that I did not find out more about his days in World War 2
as I was quite young when he died. I have photographs of him with his friends in Africa but would love to hear from anyone who served there with him.
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