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260105 Alexander George Walker British Army 5th/7th Btn. Gordon Highlanders from:Salford Dad and Mum Extract from a letter sent on the 28th January 1944 from Dad, Alexander Walker to Mum: ‘Yes, Edna I have seen the movie Passage to Marseille and I think it is very good. I am hoping to see Bing this week if everything goes to plan… Well, I am sorry to know that you are having bad weather at home, but it’s very bad out here too. Sometimes we get warm, but only sometimes.’ Extract from letter sent 26th September 1945 from Dad to Mum: ‘I have been out with the boys here, and we asked the CO if we could go in for a swimming do at Hanover. It was at the USA MOB. He said No. So we all went on our own, as one of the trucks was going there for wine. Well, we got there and asked the Big Brass Hat out of their MOB if we could go in for it, and he said Yes, but only in one race, breaststroke 4 x man team. We won. We raced six times and beat fifteen teams, six English, and in the final a team from the USA. We won by 25 yards. So we got dressed ready to come back home, when the boys who had won were being given their medals and things so we said we would stay to see what happened. We were called out last and got a lovely Imperial fountain pen with a 14k gold nib. When we got back, we also got a nice drop of whisky from our CO.’ k Page from Service book Stuart Walker Add to this record.  Related Content: 5th/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders 51st (Highland) Division Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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