211085 Tpr. Allan J. "George" Meredith British Army Derbyshire Yeomonry from:Reading (d.10th Apr 1943) Allan Meredith was born into extreem poverty in 1916 in Cork, where his mother lived while father served in France. His mother was in poor health and later died in Wales in 1924 leaving Allan in the care of his 14 year old sister and the Salvation Army. He survived and worked through the hard times until war came and Allan joined The Derbyshire Yeomanry
A scrap of a letter dated 1942 described him being in an Army camp somewhere in UK, bored and waiting for something, he knew not what! All he longed for was "roast duck and peas like Auntie Bell cooked" and to see if he could get the nice little girl from the International Store to go out with him.
In 1943 the news came to his Father that his only son was killed in Tunisia
This is my Tribute to the Uncle I never knew.
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