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Sgt. Henry Thomas Cole
British Army 2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
from:Romford, Essex
My Father, Henry Thomas Daniel Cole was a regular soldier serving with 2nd Dorsetshire Regiment. In May 1940 he was at Dunkirk and swam one mile fully clothed in order to board a rescue ship "Icenic". In October 1940 his wife, Edith aged 33yrs and his sons Terrence, 5yrs and Alan, 9mnths were killed in an air raid shelter in Cottons Recreation ground, Romford, when a German bomber loosed off its bombs before returning to Germany.
On the 16th of October 2010, to mark the 70th anniversary, a memorial service was held in Cottons recreation ground. As a result of finding relatives of Edith, two sisters, Elsie and Gladys and her brother Chris, I was invited to attend the Ceremony along with them and their families. Friends of Cottons Park made this ceremony possible.

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