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

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



Additions will be checked before being published on the website and where possible will be forwarded to the person who submitted the original entries. Your contact details will not be forwarded, but they can send a reply via this messaging system.


249601

L/Cpl. Edmund Harold Airey

British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment

from:Manchester

Edmund Airey volunteered in 1940. "Bl**dy fool!", his father's opinion, "joining the infantry. With his brains." He was never very forthcoming on his experiences beyond the facts that he fought in North Africa before crossing via Sicily to Italy and, ultimately, to the Battle of Monte Cassino. At Cassino, he was seriously wounded in the neck (sniper fire), left arm and left torso (mortar bomb). Fortunately, he was discovered, and survived, being repatriated to the UK where he spent the remainder of 1944 in hospital. Though he eventually regained the use of his left arm he was assessed to be 30% disabled, unfit to return to active duties, and was transferred to the Army Pay Corps.



Please type your message:     

We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit.
Your Name:            
Email Address:       @

**Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**

Please type in the code shown here: CAPTCHA Image   

If you are unable to read the code please click here.

If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.