222601 Pte. Ernest Sydney Gladden British Army from:London My father Sid Gladden, served in North Africa and the Italian campaign, he never spoke of all the horror he must have seen. He would not go to reunions as he said too many of his mates could not be there. After the war in the mid fifties, I was a little girl, and a young Italian male unexpectedly arrived at our house. It seems my Dad had come across this boy in Naples along with his Grandma and they were starving. Dad helped them by sharing his rations. The boy had searched for Dad found him to thank him. For the rest of his life Dad suffered from dreadful nightmares. I once told him I thought he was a hero. He said he was no such thing, he was only doing what thousands of others did. His duty. Does anyone remember him?
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