210591 Cpl. Horace Hector "Joe" Chadwick British Army Rifle Brigade from:Bow, London E3 (d.1st-3rd April 1940 ) We lived in Bow, London, my father, Horace, although known as Joe, Chadwick was 28 and in The Rifle Brigade.
I was only 8, the eldest of 3 daughters, and evacuated to Cornwall June 1940. My Father was stationed in Wellingborough, Northants, he came down to Cornwall to see my sister aged 5 and myself on his embarkation leave as far as I knew. Then he went to Egypt. My Mother subsequently received a message saying he was presumed missing between 1-3rd of April 1941. Fourteen months later my mother received news that, owing to lapse of time my father was presumed killed. Nothing of him was found, no dog tags etc. Only stories the family heard was he'd been wounded, then what happened no one knows. I would be grateful if any one could give me any info. Was he stationed in Wellingborough? Was he wounded? Anything would paint a bigger picture for my family.
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