Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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George Cott

British Army Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment

from:Halifax

My father George Cott joined the Duke of Wellington Regiment as part of what he called the Militia. As a child I was fascinated looking at his photos of his army pals and places they visited like the Holy Land and Italy. At the time I had no idea what he had been through. Even when I grew up he would never talk about the war. I only know that he was one of the last to leave Dunkirk and he had thought he would never get away. He didn't even want me to visit France when I was planning a holiday there.

This is a long shot, but I wonder if he was the Little George that Monica remembers. He used to receive Christmas cards from an old army pal signed Big George who lived in the London area after the war. He returned safely from the war and married my mum Mary. They lived very happily until sadly died very suddenly from a brain tumor in 1982. He is still missed every day. Such a lovely man. One of the thousands who gave so much so we can live happily today. Thankyou.



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