- Contributed by
- BBC Open Centre, Lancashire
- People in story:
- Gordon Howard
- Location of story:
- Darwen, Lancashire
- Article ID:
- A3843722
- Contributed on:
- 30 March 2005
My Dad was aged 30 when war broke out and after initial training was sent to Malta where he was a Royal Artillery and was a gunner (Anti Aircraft)on the island which was under siege.
Then he was sent to Anzio in Italy. Belgrave Mills in Darwen was a munitiions factory during the war - my mother worked there.
Dad was deb-mobbed in November 1945, and me and Mum went to meet him at Darwen Station. I recognised him instantly - well suntanned!
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