Wigan Album

Good pic that janice thanks for sharing, we lost so many heroes during world conflicts, may our thoughts be with the famalies for those that did not return, and for the soldiers that did and have to live with the memories of what they experienced, yes we will remember them.

Another Hero. we owe them all so much.

Three of the brothers went to war Jack and Harold returned home but unfortunately Robert is buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery in Holland. We still have some of the letters he sent home. He refers to the Germans as the Bosch or Gerry and tells of his experiences out there. In one letter he says i bet Gerry has cursed us all more than once when he has seen us come running up to him everytime he has moved, the infantry are quite pleased with us as we have saved them a lot of time, they can usually ride right up to the front line and then we tell them were the Gerry is situated. Robert probably saved a lot of lives with the job he did but sadly lost his own in the end. This letter was dated 19th January 1945 and so was probably the last letter he sent home because he was killed 26 days later. REMEMBER WITH HONOUR THE GLORIOUS DEAD.

Hi Janice , His name is on the commemorative plaque in the North Ashton village club for soldiers who died in service in WW1 & WW2 in the local area .