208009 Pte. Edmund Robert Hall British Army Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders from:Chorley, Shropshire My Father, Pte Edmund Robert Hall, known as Eddie, served with the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in North Africa and Italy. He didn't tell me very much about it, I think the memories were too painful but he was immensely proud to have served with this regiment. I have a newspaper cutting from the Shrewsbury News dated 5th May (1945?) towards the end of the war where he had been one of the first group of Eighth Army troops to cross the Senio and had captured a German prisoner. He did tell me, in tears, of an occasion where the piper leading them into battle had been shot and killed. He was also very bitter about being named a 'D-Day Dodger' and I found a flimsy, typed, copy of the words of this song with his papers after he died. I would love to find out more about his history with the Regiment.
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